Pistol Tinderbox
date: label: date made
content: 1750
label: date made
content: 1780 - 1800
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
label: place acquired
content: United Kingdom: England, Winchester
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.377263
label: catalog number
content: 377263
label: accession number
content: 136485
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tinderbox
label: Object Name
content: tinderbox, pistol
label: Other Terms
content: Tinder Pistol; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (boxlock plates; tinder compartment; barrel; candle arm material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (firing mechanism; trigger guard; hinged lid on barrel material)
label: Physical Description
content: walnut (grip material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 in; 5.3975 cm x 19.05 cm x 7.62 cm