~ Oliver Cromwell
Powder-flask,
Moghol work circa 1750
Powder horn
India, Mughal court, 17th century;
Powder flask, engraved steel painted with lacquer,
Morocco 19th Century
Linden Museum, Stuttgart
Gun Powder Flask-Sundial Compass Watch
Southern Germany, circa 1590
Gunpowder flask
Mughal, Late 18th century
Silver Flask
Two views of a German Steel Powder Flask
circa 16th Century (First the bottom, then the top)
Sakalava Madagascar powder flask
British Museum
Links:
* Gunpowder history
* Gun Powder Flasks by Robert A. Braun
* Identification of Various Powder Flasks
* Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, And Pyrotechnics: The History Of The Explosive That Changed The World by Jack Kelly.
2 comments:
These are really interesting!
Really exquisite pieces.
Fascinating how *anything* can be lovingly and beautifully fashioned.
Somehow I don't believe that the soldiers in the field (except perhaps the muckety-mucks) used such flasks.
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