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A Persian Priming-Flask18th/19th Century
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £275 inc. premium
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18th/19th Century
18th/19th Century
Of wootz steel, with swelling body of ovoidal section curving up to form the nozzle, the basal and shaped top mounts pierced with foliage, pierced sprung tap en suite and with stylised bird's head fitting over the nozzle, pierced hinged tabs, and two pierced suspension loops
14 cm.
14 cm.
Footnotes
For a similar example see Ray Riling, The Powder Flask Book..., 1953, pp. 236 and 237, fig.23








