Gunpowder Flask or Tin
date: label: date made
content: 1850 - 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Flattened pear- or violin-shaped container with flat bottom, friction-fit cap with overhanging, flat top and two small rings attached at side of cap and container; painted red with "A(?)ND" and "AM" scratched on one side of container. Container is made in three pieces joined by folded seams. Cover and collar have soft-soldered lapped seams. No other marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Europe
setName: label: See more items in
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.257491.0054
label: catalog number
content: 257491.0054
label: accession number
content: 257491
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flask, gunpowder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rings material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 19.05 cm x 8.255 cm x 3.4925 cm