Flask, Powder
- Object Name:
- Flask, Powder
- Object ID:
- 1949.004.08
- Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Powder Flask. Copper body with scrolled cartouche embossed on both obverse and reverse. Brass charger that can be adjusted to three different sizes of powder charges. Spring arm attached to charger via a screw. Two iron rings attached to sides of body with brass cotter pins.
- Material:
- Metal
Copper
Brass
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-5.4 W-2.6 D-1.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Mary A. Carter collection. Paper label, attached by string to iron ring, reads: "Carter/May '49:" One "powder can" was mentioned in legator's will. This has been assumed to refer to the leather shot pouch numbered 1949.004.06. Note, however, that other items were received that had not been specifically bequeathed.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Mary A. Carter
- People:
- Carter, Mary A. (1867-1948)
- Subjects:
- Powder flasks, Hunting
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