A Powder-Flask And Bullet-Pouch For A Wheel-Lock Tschinke In Mid-17th Century Style
With wooden body of octagonal section inlaid with staghorn scrolls and pellets inhabited by running hounds and hares enriched with engraved mother-of-pearl ball-flowers, the top with white staghorn plate engraved with a squirrel and fitted with an engraved cut-off and turned nozzle, rounded terminal engraved with a coat-of-arms, and buff leather pouch secured by brass nails each with notched domed head
9 cm.
Cf. a fine example sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique and Armour..., 20 April 2011, lot 212
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With wooden body of octagonal section inlaid with staghorn scrolls and pellets inhabited by running hounds and hares enriched with engraved mother-of-pearl ball-flowers, the top with white staghorn plate engraved with a squirrel and fitted with an engraved cut-off and turned nozzle, rounded terminal engraved with a coat-of-arms, and buff leather pouch secured by brass nails each with notched domed head
9 cm.
Cf. a fine example sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique and Armour..., 20 April 2011, lot 212