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Title:	FLASK, POWDER -  POWDER FLASK
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Catalog Number:	SPAR 7953
Measurements:	OL: 6 1/2"

Object Description:

POWDER FLASK
Maker unknown - Copper powder flask with common top of brass and measuring 6 1/2" overall. Body embossed both sides with medallion scene of dog and hunter. Body has two holes near neck and not quite on seam - possibly for home-made carrying rings? Spring broken otherwise complete and in fair condition.

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

Friend's #A-29 - "Copper Powder Flash. 5 inch. Hunter and dog scene, with tree and mountain background. Graduated, brass charger muzzle."

See Riling's POWDER FLASK BOOK #678.