Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1964.027.001 |
Object Name |
Flask, Powder |
Title |
Powder Flask |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Date |
19th-century |
Description |
This powder flask (a firearm accoutrement) is made of dark-brown tanned leather, that has a pouch-like, teardrop shape and has a pressed hunting scene decorating it. It shows a man on a horse, holding a long gun. There is a missing part for the mechanism that opens at the top. |
Provenance |
Owned by George Webster Butchart, who resided at Owen Sound, Grey County, for much of his lifetime. This is a 19th-century piece. Factory of origin is unknown. |
Collection |
Firearms & Accoutrements, 19th-c Collection |
Material |
Leather/Metal/Thread |
Dimensions |
W-8.1 L-18.8 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Butchart, George Webster |
Subjects |
Hunting Victorian |
Function |
It would be filled with gunpowder. Powder flasks were often carried / worn by a man when he was out hunting, so that he could re-load his muzzle-loading firearm for another shot. |