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Title:	FLASK, POWDER -  POWDER FLASK
Maker/Manufacturer:	FRARY, BENHAM & CO.
Date of Manufacture:	1850-1855
Eminent Figure:
Catalog Number:	SPAR 7951
Measurements:	OL: 19CM 7 1/2"

Object Description:

POWDER FLASK
Manufactured by Frary, Benham & Co., Meriden, Ct. - Copper powder flask with common brass top. Body has relief "panel" dewing both sides. Has adjustable spout and four carrying rings. Complete and in good condition.

Markings:
Adjustable spout: FRARY, BENHAM & CO. Letter K has been lightly scratched into the body of the flask on both sides.

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

Friend's #A-27 - "Copper Powder Flask. 6 inch. Pointed oval panel design, with leaf-like and bead border. Graduated, brass charger nozzle."

Notes: "Frary, Benham and Company, which we have reason to believe was also known as the American Powder Flask Company of Meriden, only lasted a year or two. According to the 'History of New Haven County, Conn.' by J.L. Rockey, Volume 1, page 487, we note - '...at the Frary Shop, on the site of the present Malleable Iron Works. After 1855 the Frary Shops were used by the American Powder Flask Company of which James B. Frary and others were interested members.' The flasks marked Frary Benham & Co. were well and carefully made. This company was taken over as will be seen by the American Flask and Cap Company of New Haven, Conn." - See, Riling's POWDER FLASK BOOK #523.