Powder Horns & Flasks
Lot 4300 SESSION 11 (2PM FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER) Powder Horns & Flasks
Estimate $300
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $320
FLEMISH POWDER FLASK, (possibly Antwerp), c19th century, triangular in shape (approx 20cm high x 18.5cm wide at base), made of wood covered with red velvet, overlaid front and back in voided brass is a scene featuring the figures of Mars standing beneath a canopy within a cartouche supported by recumbent female figures each holding a bunch of flowers, at the base is an oval shield with a rampant lion sinister, at the brass top is a funnel for pouring powder and this with a chained closer, at each side are three loops through which a red cord is threaded for attaching to a shoulder belt. Some oxidation at the base on one side, otherwise good very fine.
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