Percussion Cap Tin
date: label: date made
content: 1850 - 1890
notes: label: Description
content: Small, cylindrical, japanned retail tin bearing a circular, white paper label printed (in black) "100 / No. 11 / Caps" on its underside. Friction-fit cover and container are made in two pieces and lined with leather, the flat cover top and flat container bottom folded over the soft-soldered lapped seam sides. Both cover and container have plain edges, the container with a raised bead below.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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.257491.0060
label: catalog number
content: 257491.0060
label: accession number
content: 257491
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tin, percussion cap
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper, wove (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (label material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 1.905 cm x 4.1275 cm