Powder Flasks
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Description:
One plain-design hard-leather powder flask with a brass patent top with an outside spring and a patent cutter. The attached charger is adjustable and marked in drams of "2, 2 1/4, 2 1/2, 2 3/4" with the maker's mark (in all capital letters), "G & J.W. Hawksley Sheffield" on top directly below the charger.
- Date: 1840-1860
- Dimensions: H-6.75 W-3.5 D-1.75 inches
- Makers Mark: "G & J.W. HAWKSLEY SHEFFIELD"
- Collection: Weaponry Collection
- Object Name: Powder Flasks
- Object Id: 1953.199.16
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