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Lot 156

Five Various Powder-Flasks For Antique Pistols, And Twelve Various Powder-Flasks And Nine Various Shot-Flasks For Antique Longarms
Three By G.&J.W. Hawksley, And Four By James Dixon & Sons, Mostly 19th Century

30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Five Various Powder-Flasks For Antique Pistols, And Twelve Various Powder-Flasks And Nine Various Shot-Flasks For Antique Longarms
Three By G.&J.W. Hawksley, And Four By James Dixon & Sons, Mostly 19th Century

The first comprising a brass-mounted three-way flask with body of ovoidal section, the reeded mounts (top with minor cracks, compartment lid and nozzle replaced) including base with compartment with pivoting cover, another, with shouldered body of oval section, the base with circular compartments for balls and percussion caps, each with circular pivoting cover, another, the body with bevelled edge, adjustable nozzle graduated from '40' to '55', and two reproduction revolver flasks; the second each with adjustable nozzle and bag-shaped body, one with leather-covered planished body (seam open at the base), adjustable flip-top, and two rings for suspension, another, embossed with a scallop shell on each side, and retaining some original finish, another, with shaped body embossed with symmetrical strapwork on both sides, another, with dead game within oak on one side, and a gun dog's head and a boar's head within oak on the other, another, with hanging game on each side, another with grouse in a landscape on one side, two others, each embossed with a stag's mask and oak on both sides, two others, each embossed with a design of basket weave, another, with a repeated design of stars and circles within foliate borders over both sides, and another, with fluting within a beadwork border on both sides (some wear and denting overall); the last each with brass or steel nozzle with spring cut-off, one with top of Boche type with circular glass inspection window on each side, two each with sprung measure, and each with bag-shaped leather body plain or variously embossed with sporting scenes, game and a gun dog, one with triangular pigskin body (some wear, two suspension rings missing) (26)

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