Lot Essay
Flasks of this distinctive type are found cased with German firearms up to the middle of the 19th Century.
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EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
A GERMAN STAGHORN POWDER-FLASK
Early 19th Century
Of natural horn, the outer finely carved in cameo with a partridge-shooting scene also involving a sportsman hawking, the figures in late 18th Century dress, and all in a wooded landscape, the base decorated with a stag and hind with their fawn, also in cameo, and fitted with horn nozzle with original turned plug.
6¾in (17.2cm)
Early 19
Of natural horn, the outer finely carved in cameo with a partridge-shooting scene also involving a sportsman hawking, the figures in late 18
6¾
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium