Collection Highlights
The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown
Date:
Object Number:
PR.068.34
Medium:
Paper, engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tin
Object Number:
2002.1.3432
Date:
1881-1920
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
3 1/2 x 4 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.
Description:
A black oval tin gun powder flask with a narrow spout. The front has a paper label printed in black with a scene of a man in a fur hat with a pointer dog aiming a rifle across a forested stream next to a dead deer encircled by the words "Kentucky Rifle Gunpowder/ Manuf'd by the/ Hazard Powder Co./ Hazardville Con."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
