Title
Powder Flask
Identifier
ABDUA:18021
Description
Powder flask, made of black horn with a cigar-shaped body and with two sizes of powder measure, one at each end (probably to measure the powder required for pistol, shooting gun and large bore gun). Used by the Reverend Alexander John Forsyth who patented a percussion lock for fire arms and therefore experimented with detonating powder.
Date
Early: 1790 Late: 1850
Format
horn metal copper alloy brass, L: 102 mm Dia: 21 mm
Coverage
Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Belhelvie Aberdeenshire
Source
Field Collector: unknown
Field Collection Date: pre 1967
Field Collection Date: pre 1967
Relation
ABDUA:18377 ABDUA:18378 ABDUA:13110 LEMUR:1000024 LEMUR:1000025
Type
Physical Object
Provenance
Acquisition Source: unknown
UUID
21cde8b7-db3a-4658-8ca5-79157cf7328f
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