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Title:	FLASK, POWDER -  POWDER FLASK
Maker/Manufacturer:	AMERICAN FLASK & CAP CO.
Date of Manufacture:	1850-1870
Eminent Figure:
Catalog Number:	SPAR 7964
Measurements:	OL: 23.4CM 9 1/4"

Object Description:

POWDER FLASK
Manufactured by American Flask & Cap Co., Waterbury, Ct. - Slightly larger version of SPAR-7955, but made by their successor, the American Flask & Cap. Co. Copper body with unscrewable common top and adjustable charger. Has four carrying rings. Body on both sides has shell motif. See Riling's POWDER FLASK BOOK #389.

Markings:
Top: AM 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-40 - "Copper Powder Flask. 7 1/2 inch. Scallop shell design. Graduated, brass charger. Has two pairs of rings for carrying cord. Marked 'American Flask & Cap Company.'"