A RARE COPPER-BODIED POWDER FLASK WITH PATENT SAFETY NOZZLE SIGNED JAMES DIXON & SONS,
circa 1845, with large plain body decorated with reeding to the base, brass top-piece with concealed spring signed 'JOHN DIXON & SONS PATENT' and unusual swiveling adjustable measure in nickel (body with minor denting, nozzle frosted)
Estimate £100-150