Lot Essay
For two flasks of this type, each tentatively attributed to Nuremberg, see Claude Blair, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Arms, Armour and Base-metalwork, 1974, Nos.159 and 160.
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CIRCA 1600
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A GERMAN ENGRAVED HORN POWDER-FLASK
Circa 1600
With flattened cowhorn body, one face with a central panel filled with sprays of flowers emerging from behind a rosette roundel, the reverse decorated with the figures of Salome presenting the head of the Baptist to her Mother before an encampment, brass top and base each punched with a band of small flowerheads, the top with rectangular cavity for filling closed by a sliding cover, its handle cast in the form of a winged ape, locked by its neck to a pivoted ring attached to the nozzle, the latter of octagonal section and fitted with spring-loaded cap, thumbpiece decorated with a lion mask in relief, and fitted with a single iron ring for suspension.
8¼in (21cm)
Circa 1600
With flattened cowhorn body, one face with a central panel filled with sprays of flowers emerging from behind a rosette roundel, the reverse decorated with the figures of Salome presenting the head of the Baptist to her Mother before an encampment, brass top and base each punched with a band of small flowerheads, the top with rectangular cavity for filling closed by a sliding cover, its handle cast in the form of a winged ape, locked by its neck to a pivoted ring attached to the nozzle, the latter of octagonal section and fitted with spring-loaded cap, thumbpiece decorated with a lion mask in relief, and fitted with a single iron ring for suspension.
8¼
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