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Lot 209

A Fine South German Staghorn Powder-Flask
Mid-19th Century, Probably Black Forest

20 April 2011, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £2,400 inc. premium

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A Fine South German Staghorn Powder-Flask
Mid-19th Century, Probably Black Forest

Formed from a forked section of brown stained natural staghorn carved in cameo with a stag beset by hounds in a wooded landscape, a huntsman stretches through a tree with his hunting sword, his horse tethered nearby, silver mounts including suspension mounts formed as oak leaves, later turned dark horn nozzle, and silver chain for suspension
21 cm.

Footnotes

For a related flask see Christie's London, Fine Antique Arms and Armour, 27 October 1993, lot 197 (£1,955 including premium)

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