Object number
60/44
Description
A flask used to store gunpowder for shooting. Design shows a dog, with a hare, rabbit and gun. Used circa 1870 in Warminster, Wiltshire.
This copper flask was used to store gunpowder, for hunting and shooting. It has a brass cap and nozzle. The repousse design shows a dog, with a hare, rabbit and gun, underneath a tree. The powder flask was used by the donor’s grandfather circa 1870 in Warminster, Wiltshire.
Physical description
powder flask: copper, brass
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Standard museum name: … // Accession number: … // Classification: … // Negative number: … // Acquisition method: … // Acquired from: … // Date: … // Store: … // Condition: … // Recorder: KCS // Date: 24/3/94 // Description: Copper body, brass mouth. Decorative scene and patterns on body. // Dimensions: Length 18cm approx. // Associated information: Used by Mr Edwards’ grandfather, Edward Edwards, in c.1870, in Warminster. // (1) The sportsman of today, with his guns and his cartridges, is easily and quickly equipped: not so the sportsmen of the ‘thirties… He had to remember his ramrod, shot pouch or belt, powder flask, caps, cap charger, paper for his wadding… etc. // References: (1) The Gun and its Development: W. W. Greener (Arms and Armour Press).'
Production date
1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31
Production period
Nineteenth century
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_4381.tif - High resolution image
