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An East European Powder-FlaskCarpathian Basin, 18th/19th Century
11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £125 inc. premium
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Carpathian Basin, 18th/19th Century
Carpathian Basin, 18th/19th Century
With forked body of natural staghorn, the outer side polished and engraved with geometric designs involving a central rayed motif within borders of triangles surmounted by incised dots, the inner side with applied crowned shield-shaped escutcheon engraved with owner's name, later brass top with cylindrical horizontal adjustable sprung cut-off dated 1824 above 'W.', and two iron suspension mounts
Footnotes
For related flasks see Béla Boros, Staghorn Powder-Flasks, 1982, pp. 92-93, figs. 3 and 19








