Pistol Tinderbox
date: label: date made
content: 1780 - 1810
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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.377288
label: catalog number
content: 377288
label: accession number
content: 136485
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tinderbox
label: Other Terms
content: Tinder Pistol; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (pan; right and bottom cover plates material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (firing mechanism; top and left cover plates; candle arm and holder; trigger guard material)
label: Physical Description
content: walnut (grip material)
label: Physical Description
content: flint (gunflint material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (flint pad material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 9.525 cm x 14.605 cm x 6.35 cm