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Tinder box

(American)
about 1790–1800
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Dimensions4.13 x 7.14 cm (1 5/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. George L. Batchelder Jr., by exchange
Accession number63.1080
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
ProvenanceBuhler Entry: Unknown.
Frans J. R. Gyllenberg
about 1929
Frans J. R. Gyllenberg
about 1910
John R. Wendt & Co.
about 1865
Cup
J. & W. L. Ward & Co.
about 1837
Robert J. King
designed 1951–52; made 1953–about 1960
Cooper & Fisher
1855
Tiffany & Co.
about 1878
Gorham Manufacturing Company
about 1915
Ciborium
18th century
Restricted
18th century