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436 A PIGSKIN POWDER-FLASK BY BARTRAM & CO., 19TH CENTURY, TOGETHER WITH TWENTY THREE FURTHER SHOT-FLASKS AND A LEATHER BANDOLIER the first with pigskin body fitted with signed German silver graduated nozzle with cut-off; a shot-flask with tooled leather body, brass nozzle and removable spring brass measure; a leather bandolier with detachable brass measure; and the remainder with leather bodies and double cut-offs (some worn, losses) the first: 20.0 cm; 7 ⅞ in (24) £300-400 437 A GERMAN SILVER POWDER FLASK TOGETHER WITH TWO FURTHER GUN FLASKS, THREE PISTOL FLASKS, A TWO-WAY FLASK AND A HORN, 19TH CENTURY the first with German silver body, engraved with the owner’s crest and lightly engraved ‘Thomas Cleobury’, graduated nozzle with cut-off; the second and third with embossed brass bodies, graduated nozzles and spring cut-offs, the third embossed with oak foliage and stags heads; the fourth embossed with a scallop, the fifth 8.0 cm overall and with Syke’s patent nozzle and the sixth of iron with a sprung cap at each end the first: 21.0 cm; 8 ¼ in overall (9)
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£400-500 438 A RUSSIAN POWDER HORN, MID-19TH CENTURY of polished cow horn, fitted with brass nozzle with spring cutoff, shaped brass basal cap, fitted with wooden stopper, and two brass rings for suspension 38.0 cm; 15 in £250-300 439 A SMALL PRIMING FLASK FOR THE 9TH BATTALION OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY, CIRCA 1790-1815 of polished horn, with brass nozzle with spring cut-off, brass basal cap engraved ‘3RRAB’, and two loops for suspension each with a clip 18.0 cm; 7 ⅛ in
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These flasks were in use circa 1790-1815. Other examples are preserved at the Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson. See Blackmore 1976, p. 182, no. 270. £250-300
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