Flask, Powder
- Object Name:
- Flask, Powder
- Object ID:
- 1947.010.06
- Place of Origin:
- England or America
- Date:
- 1760-1800
- Description:
- Powder flask, said to have belonged to Josiah Bartlett. Conical cow horn body tapering from oval brass cover that fits over base to brass charger at mouth. Horn varies in tone from light to dark brown. Charger has baluster-shaped spout decorated with three pairs of incised lines. One brass screw-eye attached to base of charger at side for use in securing one end of carrying cord. Cord and second screw-eye missing. Horn badly cracked; base cover separated.
- Material:
- Skeletal
Horn
Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-6 W-3 Dia-1.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Said to have belonged to Josiah Bartlett (1728-1795). Given in memory of Levietta Bartlett Conner, donor's mother. Donor was a great-great granddaughter of Josiah Bartlett.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Edna Bartlett Conner Watt, In Memory of Levietta Bartlett Conner
- Subjects:
- Powder flasks, Powder horns
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