Goodyear Gutta Percha Rifle Flask / SOLD

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Goodyear Gutta Percha Rifle Flask – Inventory Number:  FIR 172 / SOLD An especially fine gutta percha/hard rubber powder flask.  Examples of such flasks are found in Ray Riling’s “The Powder Flask Book” (published 1953) examples 1208 / 1209.  The entire flask measures 8” long and 3 1/2” across the body.  The gutta percha is chocolate colored and in good, smooth condition with visible seam lines.  The brass screw-off top has a dark patina. According to Riling, such hard rubber flasks were in production by Goodyear beginning in 1851. Inventory Number:  FIR 172 / SOLD

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The Goodyear Gutta Percha Rifle Flask, now sold, is a vintage brown powder flask with a brass top and metal attachment rings for storing and dispensing gunpowder.
Close-up of a Goodyear Gutta Percha Rifle Flask (SOLD), showing "IMPROVED PATENT" engraved around the base of its cylindrical feature.
The Goodyear Gutta Percha Rifle Flask / SOLD features a rounded body, metal spout, and four small metal rings for attachment, displayed against a white background.
A Goodyear Gutta Percha Rifle Flask with brass fittings and two side rings, photographed against a white background.
Close-up of the top portion of the Goodyear Gutta Percha Rifle Flask, featuring a metal spout, thumb lever, and brass fittings.
Goodyear Gutta Percha Rifle Flask, featuring a rounded body, metal spout, and attachment rings, was historically used for storing and dispensing gunpowder. / SOLD.
A Goodyear Gutta Percha Rifle Flask with a brass neck and three metal loops is shown against a white background.

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