JAMES DIXON AND SONS GUNSTOCK POWDER FLASK

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Item Code: 490-6900

A very good example of a scarce Victorian powder flask, probably mid-1850s and still pictured in an 1883 Dixon catalog, in the form of a gunstock marked on the top by well known makers JAMES DIXON / & SONS / SHEFFIELD, bearing their “kite” mark on one side in a rococo cartouche near the top and numbered 94923 on the other. The spout is adjustable, marked in drams, with thumb latch and spring in place.

Below the cartouches at the top of the body, the wrist bears a checkered design, and the and the comb, butt, and belly of the stock are impressed with raised, scrolling, rococo floral motifs stopping just short of the base of the flask creating the impression of a buttplate.

The raised designs are sharp and distinct. The top has a mellow brass tone and the body has a medium coppery color with some darkening in recesses, and scattered small age spots.  The spring has some blue. The butt plate has two dents, the upper one opening the seam below just slightly. The firm was founded in 1806 and well known for their hollowware of all types and materials, and were leading makers of shooting accessories.    [sr][ph:m/L]

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