Canister
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: Cylindrical canister with a concave lid fitted with a scrolled hasp lock on front, a wire ring handle at top center and one hinge on back. Lid has an overhanging, folded-edge top and wire-rimmed, soft-soldered, lapped-seam sides that fit over the container's folded collar with wire bead below. The canister is made in three pieces, the body pieced at back with two, vertical, folded seams and the flat bottom has a folded edge. Gold powder covering interior. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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.238049.0081
label: catalog number
content: 238049.0081
label: accession number
content: 238049
objectType: label: Object Name
content: canister
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims, handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/8 in x 7 5/8 in; 20.6375 cm x 19.3675 cm