Flower Petal Form

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Description:

Small, fish-shaped, tinned sheet iron form for a flower petal. Made of one piece, bent and soldered. One of ten forms, DL*245425.0087-.0094. Small traces of red ink along one edge.

Date Made: 1850 - 1950

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.245425.0087Catalog Number: 245425.0087Accession Number: 245425

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

Physical Description: iron (overall material)tin (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3/4 in x 1 in x 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 2.54 cm x 1.27 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-1c9d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_319912

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