Flask, Powder
Object number1987.048.02
Date1850-1860
MediumBrass
Dimensions10 in. (25.4 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Terms
Status
Not on view
ca 1860
1820-1830
1865 - 1880
Flask, Powder
Skip to main contentDescriptionHeavy weight brass powder flask. Finely detailed, high relief design of frontiersman holding a long dagger, on a charging horse closing in on a buffalo. A second frontiersman and buffalo in background. Band around center, neck of large lily leaves. Reversed panel of crossed percussion rifles, powder horn, hunting bag, etc. Marked "AM Flask & Cap Co." - RH 1054.