Primer for priming powder. A globular vessel with narrow curved spout, stitched of stiff leather.

Collection type: Object
Description: Primer for priming powder. A globular vessel with narrow curved spout, stitched of stiff leather.
Long description: Primer for priming powder. A globular vessel with narrow curved spout, stitched of stiff leather. The vessel is tooled with geometric patterns and an insect figure (?a centipede) on the base. There is a perforated projection for attachment to a carrying strap. [LM 22/10/2007]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Asia
Asia
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; Other owner L. P. Metham; PRM source William Downing Webster
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1899
Date collected: By 1899
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1899
Materials and processes: Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Tooled, Process Stitched, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 180 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1899.78.12 Other numbers: 8952
Research and responses: For similar items, also of uncertain provenance, see 1952.5.4, 1936.78.15 and 1941.7.4 [LM 22/10/2007]
This object was purchased from dealer William Downing Webster on 7th October 1899. It was listed in Webster’s stock book on 28th September 1899 as no. 8952, ‘Eastern powder flask’, with the source given as L.P. Metham Coll. Plymouth. [JMC 16/01/2024]