Flask, Powder
- Object Name:
- Flask, Powder
- Object ID:
- 1991.080.01.12
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Black painted powder can with brass cap. Part of a boxed outfit including underhammer target rifle made by John Brown of Fremont, NH. Cap engraved "A.G.FAY POTTER & CILLEY / BARRE" along rim, and "MASS / POWDER / WORKS" in center. Remains of paper label, printed red, green, and black, on cream paper.
- Material:
- Paper
Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-6.2 W-1.3 L-3.6 inches
- Provenance:
- All objects in this accession purchased at J. C. Devine auction at Sheraton Tara Wayfarer, Bedford, NH, Sept. 22, 1991. All from the collection of Henry Weber of Pelham, NH, who acquired target rifle outfit from Eldon Owens of Claremont, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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