A RARE LARGE OTTOMAN FLASK, LATE 18TH CENTURY/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

A RARE LARGE OTTOMAN FLASK, LATE 18TH CENTURY/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering tooled leather body of near oval-section and with stitched borders, the outer face embroidered with a panel of traditional foliage, the inner face fitted with a robust leather strap, and completed with its turned wooden stopper with an additional smaller stopper within 42.0 cm; 16 1/2 in high An earlier, more elaborate flask of this form was sold in this room 7th December 2006, lot 318