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LATE 16TH CENTURY
Details
A RARE FRENCH GILT-BRASS POWDER-FLASK
Late 16th Century
With curved body of eliptical section formed in two parts fitted with flattened moulded base and top, the body embossed with a pair of marine monsters and a pair of medieval horsemen in combat within engraved strapwork ovals on respective sides, embossed with a series of masks and arrangements of fruit throughout, and all on a contrasting stippled ground, engraved with bands of acanthus enclosing the top and about the nozzle, the top engraved with a sportsman with matchlock musket and fitted with spring cut-off, the base engraved with a vacant cartouche, and with a pair of rings for suspension.
8¾in (22.3cm)
Late 16
With curved body of eliptical section formed in two parts fitted with flattened moulded base and top, the body embossed with a pair of marine monsters and a pair of medieval horsemen in combat within engraved strapwork ovals on respective sides, embossed with a series of masks and arrangements of fruit throughout, and all on a contrasting stippled ground, engraved with bands of acanthus enclosing the top and about the nozzle, the top engraved with a sportsman with matchlock musket and fitted with spring cut-off, the base engraved with a vacant cartouche, and with a pair of rings for suspension.
8¾
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Blumka, New York.
Exhibited
The Art of the Armorer, December 7, 1967- April 1, 1968, loan exhibition, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, Cat. No. 85 (incorrectly given as silver-gilt).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium