Flask, Powder
- Object Name:
- Flask, Powder
- Object ID:
- 2024.043.04
- Date:
- 1860-1863
- Description:
- Powder flask, brass with fluted sides and a spring-activated nozzle opening, c. 1860-1863. There is an eyelet on each side for a carrying strap. Scratched into the ridges on one side is "Amos S Abbott Concord NH / 48 West St" and on the other side "Amos O Abbott / 14 years old / March 13 1883".
- Material:
- Brass
- Dimensions:
- H-7.75 W-3.375 D-1.375 inches
- Provenance:
- Amos Smitt Abbott (12/24/1837 - 12/3/1909) of Concord, was the son of Simeon Abbott (1807-1885) and Mary (Farnum) Abbott (1814-1898). He served in the Civil War from 1861 to 1863 in Company F of the Second Regiment, United States Sharpshooters. The other name on the flask is his son, Amos Otis Abbott (3/2/1868 - 12/11/1943). Descended in the Abbot family and found in the Abbot Homestead at 382 North State Street, Concord, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the family of Rebecca Abbott Henry Dole
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