Barrel
Product MakerProduct of
Hazard Powder Company
MakerMade by
Unknown
MediumWood, paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x diameter x circumference): 13 1/8 x 9 3/4 x 33 1/8in. (33.3 x 24.8 x 84.1cm)
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineDonated by Joan W. Friedland
DescriptionWooden gunpowder barrel with wooden hoops. Bung hole on bottom, plugged up with threaded wooden stopper. Label on top for Hazard Powder Company.
Object number1970.43.0
MarkingsWhite circular paper label glued to top. One thick black outline and two thinner ones inside of it. Image printed in center in black and white of rifleman and hunting hound in forest with mountain and lake or river in background.Printed in black around the edge of the label, "KENTUCKY RIFLE GUNPOWDER / Manufactured at" ; "Hazardville Con. by the / HAZARD POWDER CO."
Initials in shaded boxes between the two outermost lines of words: "FF" on the left, "G" on the rightNotesObject Note: Originally contained gunpowder, thought to be empty currently. (Bertagnolli 7/29/2014)
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Bridgeport Gun Implement Co.
Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
18th century
