A Little Something for Your Gunpowder

"Put your trust in God; but mind to keep your powder dry."
~ Oliver Cromwell

Powder-flask,
Moghol work circa 1750

Powder horn
India, Mughal court, 17th century;

Powder flask, engraved steel painted with lacquer,
Morocco 19th Century
Linden Museum, Stuttgart

Gun Powder Flask-Sundial Compass Watch
Southern Germany, circa 1590

Gunpowder flask
Mughal, Late 18th century

Silver Flask

Two views of a German Steel Powder Flask
circa 16th Century (First the bottom, then the top)


Sakalava Madagascar powder flask
British Museum

Links:

* Gunpowder history
* Gun Powder Flasks by Robert A. Braun
* Identification of Various Powder Flasks
* Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, And Pyrotechnics: The History Of The Explosive That Changed The World by Jack Kelly.