Lot Essay
Cf. an almost identical flask from the collection of the late Alan S. Kelley, Sotheby & Co., New York, 24 May 1993, lot 485, and another in the C.O. von Kienbusch Collection, Philadelphia, inv. no. 735
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EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
A GERMAN HORN POWDER-FLASK
Early 19th Century
With flattened body and gilt-brass mounts, the front with a pierced panel finely cast and chased in relief with a trophy of arms, the mounts with lines of rose branches and Neo-Classical motifs, the stopper in the form of a bird's head retained by a chain, with two suspension-rings
10in.
Early 19th Century
With flattened body and gilt-brass mounts, the front with a pierced panel finely cast and chased in relief with a trophy of arms, the mounts with lines of rose branches and Neo-Classical motifs, the stopper in the form of a bird's head retained by a chain, with two suspension-rings
10in.
Literature
Russell Barnett Aitken, 'The Investment You Can Hang on the Wall', True Magazine, September 1963, p. 63 (illustrated)