7th Dec, 2022 11:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
405
A RARE SWISS MUSKETEERS TRIANGULAR POWDER-FLASK, BASEL, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
A RARE SWISS MUSKETEERS TRIANGULAR POWDER-FLASK, BASEL, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY, with leather-covered wooden body, the rear face fitted with a belt hook, the sides each with a pair of iron staples, iron nozzle with spring cut-off (incomplete), the outer face decorated with pairs of lines, the front charged with the arms of Basel, a bishop's crozier, and the base painted with an inventory number '460', 22.0 cm high The Basel Zeughaus inventory of 1591 records 172 'Liderin plpfr flaschen' (black leather flasks). See Gessler 1912, p. 248.
Sold for £450
A RARE SWISS MUSKETEERS TRIANGULAR POWDER-FLASK, BASEL, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY, with leather-covered wooden body, the rear face fitted with a belt hook, the sides each with a pair of iron staples, iron nozzle with spring cut-off (incomplete), the outer face decorated with pairs of lines, the front charged with the arms of Basel, a bishop's crozier, and the base painted with an inventory number '460', 22.0 cm high The Basel Zeughaus inventory of 1591 records 172 'Liderin plpfr flaschen' (black leather flasks). See Gessler 1912, p. 248.
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 7th Dec, 2022
