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Lot 121
Eleven various powder- and shot-flasks for percussion firearmsAll 19th century
11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £937.50 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistEleven various powder- and shot-flasks for percussion firearms
All 19th century
All 19th century
Comprising a James Dixon & Sons rifle flask with bag-shaped body covered in black pigskin (some scuffing), and white-metal top mount with adjustable nozzle (cut-off spring incomplete, tap spring missing), the latter graduated from 4 to 5 Drams; a G. & J.W. Hawksley wildfowling flask with bag-shaped body covered in black pigskin, and white-metal top with adjustable nozzle graduated from 3 to 5 Drams; an AM Flask & Cap Co. wildfowling flask with fluted bag-shaped copper body embossed with lines of graduated beadwork, and fixed nozzle for a large charge; another by the same maker, with fluted copper body, brass top (cut-off spring missing) with nozzle graduated from 4 to 6 Drams, and with four split-rings for suspension; a G. & J.W. Hawksley sporting gun flask, with bag-shaped copper body embossed with foliate fluting, lacquered brass top (cut-off spring incomplete) with nozzle graduated from 2 1/4 to 3 Drams; another, in very poor condition; four various shot-flasks, each with leather body, one tooled with hanging game above 'James Dixon & Sons', another tooled with the royal arms above 'London', and another, with pivoting adjustable nozzle with inspection windows and nozzle stamped 'Boche Ieur A Paris'; and a Continental brass-mounted flask of pistol type, with tapering copper body of ovoidal section, top mount stamped '33', and three rings for suspension (11)
19.5 cm. to 30 cm.
19.5 cm. to 30 cm.








