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Title:	FLASK, POWDER -  POWDER FLASK
Maker/Manufacturer:
Date of Manufacture:
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Catalog Number:	SPAR 7950
Measurements:	OL: 16.5CM 6 1/2"

Object Description:

POWDER FLASK
Maker unknown - Copper powder flask with common top. Has raised "panel" scene on both sides of body of dog in field with fences. Evidence of two carrying rings at one time - now missing. Spout was originally of common adjustable type. However, outer adjustable tube is missing leaving only the short and fixed inner tube.

Flask donated to the Springfield Armory NHS by Tufts University (Victor A. Friend Collection) on 3 August 1979.

Friend's #A-26 - Copper Powder Flask. 5 1/2 inch. Design of hunting dogs and birds, with trees, fences and mountains background. Plain brass charger cap."

See Riling's POWDER FLASK BOOK #497.