Combined Priming Flask and Wheel-Lock Spanner

c. 1600–1650 Overall: 18.1 x 5.7 cm (7 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.) Source image
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Early firearms required many tools and accessories for their proper use and maintenance. This clever design fulfilled a dual purpose as a spanner and priming flask. Small containers like this one would hold fine-grain gunpowder used to set off (or prime) the main charge in t...

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