✅ SOLVED Found in Woods - No clue

[gldnbrew]

I was in the woods the other day looking for cannonballs and came across this item. The brass tube is 2" it has flat indented flat 3/4" long and it lines up with the square hole in the base (I assume it's a base). It appears to have been soldered in at one time. The base is brass. On the inside of the tube, above the indent approx. 3/4" up is a metal rivet. I tried to show it the best that I could. Hope someone can ID it. Got me stumped.



Thanks,
Paul

 

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[Mobius1]

I've found one of these in my backyard before. I still have no clue to this day!

 

[taz42o]

Thats the top of a shot flask.

 

[taz42o]

Irish shot flask . its the dispenser part.

 

[gldnbrew]

Irish shot flask .View attachment 908489 its the dispenser part.

Not only are you guys good, but you are quick too. Just posted this. Now that we know what it is, any guesstament as to the time period it was used and was it for powder or lead shot.[ obviously it was not used for Jameson]. Now for the big question: Is this something that would of been used in the War of 1812?



Paul

 

[taz42o]

Those flasks were adjustable for the amounts of either shot or powder that could be dispensed.
I could not tell you the age maybe someone else here can.
I would think they were used in 1812 but Im not sure ,I know you can still by them new.
I think that last pic you posted was used during the Prussian incursion of 1807.

 

[gldnbrew]

I would think they were used in 1812 but Im not sure ,I know you can still by them new.
I think that last pic you posted was used during the Prussian incursion of 1807.

Again, thanks taz42o for helping solve this. You have inspired me, so I have decided that after I get the battle I am working on solved, I am devoting myself to the Prussian incursion of 1807

Paul

 

[BosnMate]

Irish shot flask .View attachment 908489 its the dispenser part.

Good eye.

 

[BosnMate]

As previously stated, powder flasks are still being made today, but they also go way back. Your small part makes it almost impossible to date, but if you found it in conjunction with other 1812 relics would be one way to date it. It is entirely possible that it would go back that far, but it is also possible that it was used in conjunction with hunting. Just to give you something else to think about, sometimes when fired, there is a spark left in the breech of a muzzle loading firearm, so powder is poured into a separate measure, and the smaller amount then poured into the barrel. One is never supposed to pour powder directly into the barrel from the horn or flask, because of the danger of the possible spark setting off the powder with the resulting explosion of the horn or flask, which is what might have happened to your find, and is the reason for only finding a small piece.

 

[gldnbrew]

Yes it was found in with 1812 grapeshot and musket balls, but with that being said there also has been hunting in this area since the 1820's. A couple of years ago I found a 1855 musket tool about 700 yards away from this find. If the snow goes, I will get back to where I found, I guess the measuring tube, and slowly redo the area to see if I may have missed something.

Paul