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Title:	FLASK, POWDER -  POWDER FLASK
Maker/Manufacturer:	FRARY, BENHAM & CO.
Date of Manufacture:	1850-1855
Eminent Figure:
Catalog Number:	SPAR 7955
Measurements:	OL: 20.3CM 8"

Object Description:

POWDER FLASK
Manufactured by Frary, Benham & Co., Meriden, Ct. - Copper powder flask with common adjustable charger top. Has four carrying rings. Body of flask embossed with shell design - see Riling's POWDER FLASK BOOK #379. Spring broken and small spilt on seam at very bottom of flask.

Markings:
Charger spout: FRARY, BENHAM & CO. See SPAR-7951 folder for history of company. See SPAR-7958 for an almost identical flask made by American Flask & Cap Co.

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

Friend's #A-31 - "Copper Powder Flask. 6 1/2 inch. Scallop shell design. Graduated, brass charger nozzle. Two pairs of rings for carrying cord. Marked: 'Frary-Benham & Company.'"

Notes: See SPAR-7958 for an almost identical flask made by the American Flask & Cap. Co. - successors to Frary, Benham & Co.