细节
TWO HORN POWDER-FLASKS
THE FIRST PROBABLY ITALIAN, THE SECOND SPANISH, BOTH 18TH CENTURY
The first carved in relief on the front of the body with interlaced tendrils and foliage on a scalework ground enclosing a coat-of-arms and motto surmounted by a plumed helm, the finial carved in the form of a ram-headed winged grotesque monster, with later white-metal nozzle issuing from a horn plate carved with serpents and a lizard in low relief; the second with plain body (split), iron mounts including belt hook fitted with a suspension-ring, and brass baluster nozzle
9in. (22.8cm.) and 9¼in. (23.5cm.) (2)
THE FIRST PROBABLY ITALIAN, THE SECOND SPANISH, BOTH 18TH CENTURY
The first carved in relief on the front of the body with interlaced tendrils and foliage on a scalework ground enclosing a coat-of-arms and motto surmounted by a plumed helm, the finial carved in the form of a ram-headed winged grotesque monster, with later white-metal nozzle issuing from a horn plate carved with serpents and a lizard in low relief; the second with plain body (split), iron mounts including belt hook fitted with a suspension-ring, and brass baluster nozzle
9in. (22.8cm.) and 9¼in. (23.5cm.) (2)