Sifting Tray
notes: label: Description
content: This rectangular wooden box with metal screen on top may have been used as a sifting tray. It came from the shop of Henry Fitz (1808-1863), America’s first successful commercial telescope maker.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Willard H. Howell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315158.082
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.082
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sifting tray
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (inside material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 cm x 15 cm x 20 cm; 3 9/16 in x 5 7/8 in x 7 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 8 in x 6 in; 9.525 cm x 20.32 cm x 15.24 cm