Object Details
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1890 - 1910
- year acquired
- 1927
- Credit Line
- Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
- Physical Description
- agate (lid, bottom material)
- metal, gilt (mounts, tube, chain material)
- iron, sheet (interior divider material)
- cotton (alma or tinder cord material)
- iron, wrought (firesteel material)
- wood (firesteel handle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 7.9375 cm x 3.175 cm
- Object Name
- lighter
- Other Terms
- Tinder Box; Fire Making Apparatus
