AN UNUSUAL GERMAN COMBINED SPANNER AND PRIMING FLASK, entirely of brass, formed in three sections, the head with tapering nozzle, sprung tap and three key openings, the stem of swelling octagonal section and the base fitted with two (later?) brass rings for suspension, the flat-sided base with applied gilt-brass eagle on the back and front, and originally fitted with a turnscrew, variously engraved throughout with foliate scrolls, overlapping foliage, flower-heads, and geometric ornament, early 17th Century