LOT OF 3: US EAGLE FLASK, BALL MOLD, AND SADDLE FLASK, 19TH C.

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024

1) An eagle flask for a Colt Baby Dragoon or 1849 pocket revolver. Flask is 4 3/8 x 2 in. and in VG condition, less part of spring for charger missing. 2) A single-cavity mold of iron for a 0.39 caliber ball. Very good condition, with some marks and light oxidation in spots. [AND] 3) A "saddle" or hunting flask for liquor of pewter with its original, leather saddle holster with cover and straps, 8 7/8 in. L x 2 5/8 in. dia., within leather holster. The flask is stamped on its base “JAMES DIXON / & SONS / 52 /P", probably referring to a patent date of 1852. Dixon & Sons was established in 1806 and specialized in holloware made of pewter, electroplated Britannia, and silver, in addition to the powder flasks well-known to arms collectors. All three objects deaccessioned from the collections of The Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House Museum, Washington DC in 2019.