Object Number 1953.0080.003 A- C

Object Name

Tinderbox

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

France, Europe

Origin Notes

The creation place was identified as possibly France by a previous cataloguer [Lorena Baines 2007].

Date

1730-1770

Materials

Brass; Iron

Dimensions (inches)

3.752 (H) , 7.283 (L) , 4.252 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

9.53 (H) , 18.5 (L) , 10.8 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat.226, p.335