POWDER FLASK
German or Swiss, last quarter of the 16th century.
Stag horn body (antler-fork piece). The front smoothed and engraved, depicting a distinguished husband and wife. Original iron mounts, two caps, one cap end missing, bottle cap screwed, long nozzle with spring closure and with a spring lock at the base, four carrying rings.
L 24.8 cm.
Attractive powder flask in good original condition, cf. Ray Riling: The Powder Flask Book, 1953, pp. 238-239, Ill. 37.
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German or Swiss, last quarter of the 16th century.
Stag horn body (antler-fork piece). The front smoothed and engraved, depicting a distinguished husband and wife. Original iron mounts, two caps, one cap end missing, bottle cap screwed, long nozzle with spring closure and with a spring lock at the base, four carrying rings.
L 24.8 cm.
Attractive powder flask in good original condition, cf. Ray Riling: The Powder Flask Book, 1953, pp. 238-239, Ill. 37.
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