Gun Powder Flask

[woolshed]

This would have to be the smallest Gun powder flask that I have found. It`s plain with no markings, but it is complete. My search area is 1850s - 1870s,.







Cheers, Woolshed.

 

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[hogge]

Wow. Surprised no-one commented on this yet. Very Kool!

 

[ARC]

Banner if defined as Civil war or Rev.
Killer find.

 

[Worm-Slicer]

Wow, very nice and super rare to come out of the ground completely intact. All I've every dug are pieces.

 

[releventchair]

Looks similar to a Robbins and Lawrence Co.of Windsor, Vt. flask. Pistol size.(I think they made pepper box pistols as well as other arms before the civil war and in 1856 were doing a thriving business..)

http://antiquegunroom.net/detail.php?f_qryitem=506

And for a kicker, Robbins and Lawrence did get into military rifles for the Union by founding the well known Sharps Co..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharps_Rifle_Manufacturing_Company

 

[Jeff H]

Excellent find Cool to see one whole like that. Mine are all busted and flattened.

 

[sutphin]

WOOLSHED WOOLSHED WHAT A TREMENDOUS FIND A PINT SIZED POWDER FLASK SOMEONE LEFT BEHIND.

 

[Fullstock]

Cool find, most likely a pistol flask.

 

[UnderMiner]

Very cool! A pocket powder flask! And it's still round, very rare for them to survive!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice relic. Its in great shape.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

VERY nice! That one's a really good candidate for a restoration. With the length and diameter of the measuring tube we might be able to get an idea of what caliber gun it was made for as well.

 

[Bass]

That's a great find, congratulations