Tinderbox Flints

Date Made: ca 1844Date Sold: ca 1844

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: FrancePlace Sold: United Kingdom: EnglandUnited States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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Credit Line: Gift of Richard H. Day

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.248080Catalog Number: 248080Accession Number: 47862

Object Name: flints, tinderboxObject Type: flintOther Terms: Flints, Set of; Fire Making Apparatus

Physical Description: stone (2 knapped flakes material)flint (44 flints material)Measurements: overall-in tray: 2 3/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 6 1/2 in; 6.0325 cm x 13.0175 cm x 16.51 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-45ed-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_303059

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