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On Display: House - Counting Room
Tinderbox
1730-1770
Category
Metals
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Materials
- Brass
- Iron
Museum Object Number
1953.0080.003 A- C
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1953.0080.003 A- C
Object Name
Tinderbox
Category
Metals
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) x 7.283 (L) x 4.252 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
9.53 (H) x 18.5 (L) x 10.8 (Diam)
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