Powder flask dispenser

[cheese]

I found a strange looking brass device the other day, and wondered what it was for a while. Then it hit me. I didn't know what a powder flask really looked like, but I figured this was the best match I could come up with for my find. I went on Ebay and looked at powder flasks, and sure enough! I found the top end (the dispenser part) of a powder flask! Maybe I can find the rest!

I also found a small sign with a picture of a mortar and pestle and the RX symbol on it, and it says "registered pharmacist" under it. Also found a used toothpaste or cream tube of some sort. Whatever was in it really got used up. It was rolled up and squeezed so tight that I don't think one molecule of the original contents was left when it was discarded years ago.

Relics, coins, shoot I don't care. Anything that makes it go "beep" and didn't come off a beer can is fine with me.

 

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[bigrig40]

its amazing everything that is in the ground1 keep it up.

bigrig

 

[spotz]

I'd like to see the powder flask dispenser. Is it from an old site? Spotz

 

[cheese]

Yeah, it's from an old homesite. I'll try to get a pic on here for ya. I don't know how old the site is, but I'd say at least 100 years, maybe more. All I know is it is on a dirt road back in the country, and the road is named for the family who lived at this homestie many years ago.

 

[Leon]

Cool deal!, Cheese
Hope ya find the rest of it...

 

[True_Metal]

Yes, please post a pic. I would like to have a look too. 8)

 

[cheese]

Here are the pics of the dispenser end of the powder flask.

Also, here is the pharmacist sign I found, along with some other things I found today on a different new site.

 

[Monty]

That could well have come off a powder horn. Contrary to popular belief the early settlers did not dump the powder direct into the gun from the powder horn. Instead they first dumped the powder into a premeasured smaller recepticle and then dumped that into the muzzle of the gun. The measure would probably have been made of brass also to prevent accidental fire due to sparking. Black powder is a very volatile product, much more so than newer smokeless powder. Nice find, but I know of no way of dating it. They still make these devices today for black powder hunters that like to build their own powder horns. I'm sure this one is old, but how old?