Date Made: 1600 - 1700Date Acquired: 1924
Location: Currently not on view
Place Acquired: France: Île-de-France, Paris
See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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Credit Line: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
Data Source: National Museum of American History
Id Number: DL.376844Catalog Number: 376844Accession Number: 136485
Object Name: firesteelOther Terms: Fire-Steel; Fire Making Apparatus
Physical Description: iron, wrought (overall material)gold (sun face inlays material)Measurements: overall: 1/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 1/4 in; .3175 cm x 6.6675 cm x 3.175 cm
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-1954-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_317921
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