Illustrated catalogue and price list of powder flasks, shot belts, shot pouches, dram bottles, measuring tapes, percussion caps, & c, manufactured by American Flask and Cap Company, Waterbury, Conn
This is a trade catalogue of 1864 issued by the American Flask and Cap Company of Waterbury, Connecticut, printed in New Haven by Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor, to sell powder flasks, shot belts, pouches and percussion caps to sporting and hardware buyers. The engraved plates show powder flasks in profile and three-quarter views, with embossed decoration of shells, scrolls, eagles, hunting dogs and game birds, and with cord wraps and tassels. A designer could take ornamental motifs such as scrollwork, shell fans and heraldic eagles from the flask bodies.
