28th Jun, 2023 12:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
351
‡ A TRIANGULAR MUSKETEER'S POWDER-FLASK IN ITALIAN 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
with velvet-covered wooden body, applied with large pierced and chiselled iron panels, decorated at the front with a symmetrical panel of densely scrolling foliage with a pair of satyrs and a goat on each side, the reverse with a central green man mask issuant with foliage, fitted with engraved nozzle with spring cut-off (retaining screws missing), and a single ring for suspension (three missing), 23.3 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 £520
with velvet-covered wooden body, applied with large pierced and chiselled iron panels, decorated at the front with a symmetrical panel of densely scrolling foliage with a pair of satyrs and a goat on each side, the reverse with a central green man mask issuant with foliage, fitted with engraved nozzle with spring cut-off (retaining screws missing), and a single ring for suspension (three missing), 23.3 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
