Flask, Powder
- Object Name:
- Flask, Powder
- Object ID:
- 1911.010.02
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- 1775
- Description:
- Powder Flask. Copper body decorated with an embossed anthemion and shell design on both sides. Two threaded brass eyes secured by nuts, used to attach the two ends of a carrying cord, now missing. Cardboard tag attached to one eye by string reading: "Powder pouch brought / from England by a man / named Thompson--carried / in the Revolutionary / War--presented by John / E. Davis, August 19, / 1911."
- Material:
- Metal
Copper - Dimensions:
- H-5.75 W-3.25 D-1.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Brought from England by a man named Thompson; carried in the Revolutionary War. Donated by John E. Davis of Los Angeles, CA.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of John E. Davis
- People:
- Thompson, Davis, John E.
- Subjects:
- Powder flasks
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