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A SCOTTISH COW-HORN POWDER-FLASK
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A SCOTTISH COW-HORN POWDER-FLASK

17TH 18TH CENTURY

Details
A SCOTTISH COW-HORN POWDER-FLASK
17th 18th Century
Of flattened form, the body inscribed on one side 'Dromm. Clogg. Bothwel Bridge Capn. Patton (sic)', and on the other 'J.s Sheels to Jno. Orr (sic)', fitted with brass nozzle, cloth-covered base-plate and iron carrying chain
10½in. (26.7cm.)
Provenance
Scone Palace, Perthshire
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Lot Essay

This flask commemorates two battles. The first, fought at Drumclog on 1 June 1679, saw the defeat of government troops by the Scottish Covenanters. The second, fought at Bothwell Bridge on 22 June 1679, saw the rout of the Covenanters by the earl of Monmouth. Captain James Paton was a Covenanter martyr, who took part in both skirmishes, and was hanged in Edinburgh in 1684

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