28th Jun, 2023 12:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
350
‡ A TRIANGULAR MUSKETEER'S POWDER-FLASK IN ITALIAN 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
with velvet-covered wooden body, applied with large openwork gilt-brass panels, decorated at the front with a pair of addorsed reclining female allegorical figures beneath a putti on a pedestal, the inner face with a large central trefoil, fitted with tapering moulded nozzle with spring cut-off (incomplete), three rings for suspension (one missing), and the upper two issuant from iron mask bosses, 24.5 cm high
Provenance
Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sold for £1,200
with velvet-covered wooden body, applied with large openwork gilt-brass panels, decorated at the front with a pair of addorsed reclining female allegorical figures beneath a putti on a pedestal, the inner face with a large central trefoil, fitted with tapering moulded nozzle with spring cut-off (incomplete), three rings for suspension (one missing), and the upper two issuant from iron mask bosses, 24.5 cm high
Provenance
Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 28th Jun, 2023
