Sale 9436
London, King Street-South Kensington Offsite sale
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18 July 2002
Price realised
GBP 836
Estimate
AN IRON-MOUNTED WOODEN POWDER-FLASK Circa 1630, probably English Of curved flattened form with blackened iron mounts (surface pitted), fitted with suspension-rings and a belt hook 12¼in. (31.1cm.)
Provenance
The Mostyns, Gloddeath Hall, Caernarvonshire
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Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740, p. 75, plate 12
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