Percussion Cap Tin
date: label: date made
content: ca 1867 - 1912
notes: label: Description
content: Small, cylindrical, japanned retail tin for "250 WATER PROOF / CENTRAL FIRE / PERCUSSION CAPS / ADAPTED TO / SHELLS FOR COLTS PISTOL / AND / BREECH LOADING SHOT GUNS", made by the Union Metallic Cartridge Co. of Bridgeport, CT. Friction-fit, flat cover is stamped from one piece and bears a circular lithographed label on top featuring the company's monogram surrounded by product information. Two-piece container has a plain rim with raised bead below and a flat bottom folded over the soft-soldered lapped seam body. No marks besides label.
label: Description
content: Union Metallic Cartridge Co. was incorporated in 1867. It merged with Remington Arms Company in 1912 to become Remington U.M.C.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Bridgeport
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kenneth E. Jewett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.257491.0059
label: catalog number
content: 257491.0059
label: accession number
content: 257491
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tin, percussion cap
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper, wove (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (label material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 1 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 3.81 cm