A French brass-mounted cow-horn powder-flask

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A French brass-mounted cow-horn powder-flask
of Boutet-type, with rounded front and flattened back, and folding brass nozzle; another brass-mounted cow-horn powder-flask, with pivoting graduated nozzle, English; another, the body of tear-drop form; another horn powder-flask; a Continental cow-horn powder-flask, the body of slightly curved flattened form decorated on one side with an applied cast, pierced and chased Roman trophy of arms; a large English copper powder-flask, the body embossed with rococo ornament; another, the body formed as a gun butt; two other flasks; and two detached flintlock mechanisms; all 18th/19th century
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