Pistol Tinderbox and Inkstand
date: label: date made
content: 1725 - 1750
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Europe
label: place acquired
content: France: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Lyon
topic: label: Subject
content: writing implements
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 Virginia W. Hillyer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.376688
label: catalog number
content: 376688
label: accession number
content: 136485
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tinderbox
label: Object Name
content: inkstand
label: Other Terms
content: Tinder Box, Mechanical; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (inlays material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (sander; pen or ink holder material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (firing mechanism; base plate material)
label: Physical Description
content: flint (gunflint material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (flint pad material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/8 in x 4 7/8 in x 3 7/8 in; 9.2075 cm x 12.3825 cm x 9.8425 cm