A RARE ENGLISH SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL POWDER-FLASK, the bag-shaped body with rounded front and flattened back (minor crack and small old repair at the base), reeded mounts, adjustable nozzle with cut-off, and four rings for suspension (cut-off spring and three suspension rings replaced), circa 1750 | Christie's

Lot 134

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A RARE ENGLISH SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL POWDER-FLASK, the bag-shaped body with rounded front and flattened back (minor crack and small old repair at the base), reeded mounts, adjustable nozzle with cut-off, and four rings for suspension (cut-off spring and three suspension rings replaced), circa 1750

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A RARE ENGLISH SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL POWDER-FLASK, the bag-shaped body with rounded front and flattened back (minor crack and small old repair at the base), reeded mounts, adjustable nozzle with cut-off, and four rings for suspension (cut-off spring and three suspension rings replaced), circa 1750
8in.

Lot Essay

For a similar flask in the W. Keith Neal Collection see W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, 1975, pl. 205 (centre)

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