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c.1870-80 KY Rifle Gunpowder Can

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Americana

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c. 1870-1880, Original “KENTUCKY RIFLE GUNPOWDER” Can, Hazard Powder Co., Hazardville, CT, Very Fine.
5.5” x 4” x 1.5”-thick metal can with intact cap, painted crimson red with age-toned black and white printed label--illustrated with a frontiersman with beaver hat shooting a rifle, with his trusty dog at his feet. Very clean, bright label, minor wear to paint finish, with some dents, dings, and scrapes from use. The label identifies this as “FF”grade gunpowder. Similar to the example printed on p. 167 of “Gun Powder Cans & Kegs: the Bacyk Collection” by Bacyk, Bacyk & Rowe (1998)--rated “Rarity 3”--”uncommon.

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