Gunpowder Tin
date: label: date made
content: ca 1840 - 1870
notes: label: Description
content: Screw-top, flattened oval container with a milled-edge, flat cap, two raised pointed shields on its rounded shoulders and small D ring soft-soldered to side of body at its vertical lapped seam. Shoulder and flat bottom have soft-soldered folded edges. Threaded opening is soldered in place. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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.257491.0053
label: catalog number
content: 257491.0053
label: accession number
content: 257491
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tin, gunpowder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (hanging ring material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/8 in x 4 in x 1 7/8 in; 13.6525 cm x 10.16 cm x 4.7625 cm