Pistol Tinderbox
date: label: date made
content: ca 1750
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: place acquired
content: United States: Pennsylvania, York
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.377275
label: catalog number
content: 377275
label: accession number
content: 136485
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tinderlighter
label: Object Name
content: tinderbox
label: Other Terms
content: Tinder Pistol; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (tinderbox; handle; pommel material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (firing mechanism; door latch; candle holder; front support material)
label: Physical Description
content: flint (gunflint material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (flint pad material)
label: Physical Description
content: twine (tinder material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/8 in x 6 5/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 16.8275 cm