A Heart Shaped Silver Mounted Wood Gun Powder or Priming Flask with Ivory Finial
A Heart Shaped Silver Mounted Field Maple Burr Wood Gun Powder or Priming Flask with Ivory Finial
Field Maple Burr ‘Acre Campestre’, Silver, Ivory
Germany
Late 17th Century
SIZE: 11.5cm high, 9cm wide, 3.5cm deep - 4½ ins high, 3½ ins wide, 1³⁄₈ ins dia. deep
Field Maple Burr ‘Acre Campestre’, Silver, Ivory
Germany
Late 17th Century
SIZE: 11.5cm high, 9cm wide, 3.5cm deep - 4½ ins high, 3½ ins wide, 1³⁄₈ ins dia. deep
A Heart Shaped Silver Mounted Field Maple Burr Wood Gun Powder or Priming Flask with Ivory Finial
Field Maple Burr ‘Acre Campestre’, Silver, Ivory
Germany
Late 17th Century
SIZE: 11.5cm high, 9cm wide, 3.5cm deep - 4½ ins high, 3½ ins wide, 1³⁄₈ ins dia. deep
Field Maple Burr ‘Acre Campestre’, Silver, Ivory
Germany
Late 17th Century
SIZE: 11.5cm high, 9cm wide, 3.5cm deep - 4½ ins high, 3½ ins wide, 1³⁄₈ ins dia. deep
Powder or priming flasks made of exotic natural materials were often produced for show rather than as serious hunting accoutrements used to carry gunpowder for charging a muzzle loading gun. They were fashion accessories worn with the hunting dress of the period and functioned as prestige objects.
SEE: Finch & Co item no. 5, catalogue number 24, Summer 2015 for a German heart shaped tortoiseshell silver mounted flask and item no. 75, catalogue 34, Summer 2020 for a Spanish Colonial mother of pearl silver mounted flask
A Heart Shaped Silver Mounted Wood Gun Powder or Priming Flask with Ivory Finial
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