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Title:	FLASK, POWDER -  POWDER FLASK
Maker/Manufacturer:	FRARY, BENHAM & CO.
Date of Manufacture:	1850-1855
Eminent Figure:
Catalog Number:	SPAR 7965
Measurements:	OL: 25.4CM 10"

Object Description:

POWDER FLASK
Manufactured by Frary, Benham & Co., Meriden, Ct. - Large copper powder flask with screw-off patent top and adjustable charger. Four carrying rings. Body of flask is full flouted, similar to Riling's #294. Spring broken otherwise complete and good condition.

Markings:
Top of flask: FRARY, BENHAM, & CO. - marking in scroll the same as their successor,
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-41 - "Large Copper Powder Flask. 8 1/2 inch. Full length ribbed design. Brass top cap with graduated charger. Has two pairs of rings for carrying cord. Marked 'Frary-Benham & Company.'"

See Riling's POWDER FLASK BOOK #294.