Pistol Tinderbox
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.377262
label: catalog number
content: 377262
label: accession number
content: 136485
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tinderbox
label: Other Terms
content: Tinder Box; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (tinderbox; candle holder; boxlock plates; front support material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (firing mechanism; trigger guard material)
label: Physical Description
content: walnut (grip material)
label: Physical Description
content: flint (gunflint material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (flint pad material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 7/8 in x 7 in x 2 7/8 in; 12.3825 cm x 17.78 cm x 7.3025 cm