LOT 407 Rare Museum 1850 Peace Powder Flask
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This museum quality peace flask is one of the rarest American flasks & in superb, near mint condition. The motifs are clearly shown in the photography with the American eagle, "wings down" meaning that the flask wasmanufactured during peace time. "US" in shield & crossed arms. Hands grasped as another sign of Peace. Exceptional U.S. 1850 Brass Peace powder flask, marked "BATTY, ADK, 1850" on spout base, "K" on spoutferrule. 9" L. Provenance: Property deaccessioned from the Centennial Museum at the University of Texas at El Paso to benefit the Museum Collections Fund. ( Accession #54.22.3 & H1038 inked on spoutferrule)Literature: Houze, Herbert G. THE SUMPTUOUS FLASKE: EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN DECORATED POWDER FLASKS OF THE 16TH TO THE 19TH CENTURIES. Cody, WY: Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 1989. pp.134-35.
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