A Saxon Hemispherical Priming-Flask

LATE 16TH CENTURY

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A Saxon Hemispherical Priming-Flask
Late 16th Century
With blackened wooden body stamped on the front in imitation of staghorn and set with an etched silver roundel, the iron mounts finely etched with foliated scrolls on a blackened dotted ground
3.1/8in. (7.9cm.) diam.
Provenance
The Saxon Royal Armouries, Dresden

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