Object Details
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 18th century
- 19th century
- year acquired
- 1924
- Credit Line
- Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
- Physical Description
- tortoiseshell (lid, bottom material)
- metal, white (overall material)
- iron, wrought (firesteel material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5/8 in x 1 5/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 4.1275 cm x 2.8575 cm
- Object Name
- tinderbox
- Other Terms
- Tinder Box; Fire Making Apparatus
