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Lot 112*
A German Circular Powder-Flask17th Century
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,680 inc. premium
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17th Century
17th Century
Of similar form to the last, inlaid around each side with six staghorn roundels containing further smaller roundels and engraved flower-heads each centred on a dark horn dot, the spaces between inlaid en suite, the centre on both sides set with a replacement staghorn roundel engraved respectively with a boar hunting scene in a landscape and the seated figure of Orpheus in a landscape playing his harp before assembled birds and animals, the outer edge with an iron strap carrying the linear engraved nozzle with curved sprung tap, and two rectangular rings for suspension
16 cm. diam.
16 cm. diam.
Footnotes
Provenance:
Dr. Curt Gross Collection
Literature:
Per Terje Norheim, Våpen I Norge ..., 2000, p. 192








