Port Colborne Historical & Marine Museum Digital Collections

Powder flask

Description
Sponsors
1812 History
Department of Canadian Heritage This item is a part of the 1812 History digitization project. This project was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy.
Media Type
Object
Description
A small copper flask that was presumably used for gun powder. There is a brass rim at the opening and a metal lever to open it. The design on the face is the same on both sides: Trees, a hunter and a dog.

For more information, read “‘Scruples of Conscience’: The War of 1812 in the Sugarloaf Settlement” by Donald G. Anger, the Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum.
Date of Original
c. 1800
Dimensions
Width: 8.5 cm
Length: 15 cm
Subject(s)
Arms & armament
Military - 1812
War of 1812
Powder Flask
Local identifier
986.82.215
Geographic Coverage
  • Port Colborne
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 42.8745803052122 Longitude: -79.240608215332
Recommended Citation
Image courtesy of the Port Colborne Historical & Marine Museum
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Contact
Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum
Email:archives@portcolborne.ca
Website:
https://www.portcolborne.ca/en/recreation-and-leisure/historical-and-marine-museum.aspx

Address:
280 King St. Box 572
Port Colborne, ON L3K 5X8
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