Flower Center Form

Description:

Small tinned sheet iron form for a flower center. Soft-soldered, lapped seam cylinder with a five-petal flower soft-soldered to one end. Traces of red ink on exterior and interior of flower. One of ten forms, DL*245425.0087-.0094.

Date Made: 19th or 20th century

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of Kenneth E. Jewett

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.245425.0093Catalog Number: 245425.0093Accession Number: 245425

Object Name: form, flower centerOther Terms: Tool, Flower Making; 41Cc, Sullivan, Michael D

Physical Description: iron (overall material)tin (overall material)Measurements: overall: 7/8 in x 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 2.2225 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-2d85-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_319918

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