Title
Flask
Mediumwood, leather, cloth, steel
Dimensions[H]6"; 4" __[W]2 3/4"; 1 1/16"
Object number00.200.783
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionTwo wood black powder flasks, hand-hollowed from the bottom. The larger flask has a beather bottom; the smaller one has a wood plug bottom. The larger flask has a powder measure in the stopper top; the smaller flask has a cloth top with a string closure, possibly for flint lock powder. The two flasks are attached with twine.On View
Not on view
Circa 1880
Shurtleff Pharmacy
ca. 1850
Circa 1835-1850
