Sale 9436
London, King Street-South Kensington Offsite sale
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18 July 2002
Price realised
GBP 896
Estimate
A LARGE TIN GUNPOWDER STORAGE FLASK, AND TWO JAPANNED GUNPOWDER CANISTERS Circa 1850 The first bottle-shaped with applied circular plaque with stamped inscription 'This Flask is The Property of John Hall & Son Gunpowder Manufacturers 23 Lombard Street London', complete with cylindrical cap (base repaired); the second of oval section with hinged lid, and painted 'Gunpowder' in gold letters on the front; the third of circular section The first 15½in. (39.4cm.) high, the second and third 8in. (20.3cm.) high (3)
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Literature
(The second) W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment, plate 35
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