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Click here to subscribeSmall Selection of Flasks and Bullet Mouldsconsisting copper, floral scroll example. Brass top ring. Top absent ... Well made, Pedersoli, Colt style flask. The copper body with stand of arms to one side. Brass top with long extendable nozzle ... Tin body flask with scroll floral design. Brass top with exposed spring. Plain nozzle ... 2 x steel pincer ball moulds marked 18 & 72. 5 items.
20th Reg Of Foot (East Devonshire) Scrimshaw Horn Powder Flaskcow horn with scrimshaw regimental badge surrounded by an oval with battle honours "Minden, Egmont, Opzee, Maida. Peninsula, Pyrenees" and lower scrolls engraved "Orthes" and owner's name "Saml Barber". Base of flask with triangle scrimshaw work. Wooden base plug. Nozzle with white metal collar. Minor age cracks.
A collection of Ridgway and other Staffordshire earthenware, comprising: a set of three blue and white Ridgway 'Vistas' pattern aesthetic style water jugs, graduated sizes; a Ridgway flask, English scenes, No. 11; two white earthenware jugs, with black printed songbird decoration; a selection of printed white earthenware jugs, some with pewter lids; two graduated Parian jugs, with wild rose decoration; a tea kettle and cover; and others.
THREE KUTAHYA HANGING ORNAMENTS AND A FLASK 19TH CENTURY All three of egg shape and similarly decorated with seraphins and crosses in polychrome on the white ground, each drilled at both ends and with brass suspension rings; together with a square-section pottery flask decorated with flower sprays and arabesques, the neck with a white metal mount and cover, a pseudo-Chinese mark underneath, possibly 17th century Safavid, 17cm max. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Dr Oliver Impey (1936-2005), and Dr Jane (Mellanby) Impey (1938-2021), of Cumnor Place, Oxford.
Ca. 500-600 AD.A wheel-cut green glass flask of an apple-shaped body with a short tubular neck, sitting on a flat circular base. Its surface is dimpled with a honeycomb-like pattern.Size: L:80mm / W:65mm ; 168gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Ca. 200-300 AD.A magnificent blue glass flask featuring an applied base, an apple-shaped body, and a narrow neck leading to a thick rim. The shoulder is decorated with elegant trailing.Size: L:95mm / W:62.7mm ; 50gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Ca. 300 AD.A lovely glass flask featuring a decorative base, and an onion-shaped body, with a narrow neck leading to a thick rim. The shoulder is decorated with elegant trailing.Size: L:89mm / W:57mm ; 45gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Ca. 100-300 AD.A free-blown glass flask featuring a squat, bulbous body on a concave base with a pontil scar, a short cylindrical neck, and an everted rim. Some weathering and incrustation occur throughout the bottle; the outside shows a beautiful iridescence.Size: L:87mm / W:61mm ; 22.3gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Ca. 100-300 AD.A beautiful glass flask with a tubular neck and a globular, apple-shaped body with slightly concave base. Glass was a major manufacturing industry in the Roman Empire, especially after the invention of glassblowing in the middle of the first century BC, when glass became used for a variety of purposes including vessels, jewellery and construction materials such as glass or tiles. Roman glassmaking reached the farthest corners of the Empire and flourished until about 400 AD, when the Roman Empire started to disintegrate, finally falling in the late 5th century AD. Vessels would probably have been used for perfumes, oils (used as soap) and/or medicines in antiquity.Size: L:71mm / W:59.5mm ; 32gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Ca. 100-300 AD.A pale blue free-blown glass flask featuring a domed body on a concave base with a pontil scar, a short cylindrical neck, and an everted rim. Some weathering and incrustation occur throughout the bottle; the outside shows a beautiful iridescence.Size: L:77mm / W:52mm ; 23gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Ca. 100-200 AD.A free-blown glass flask of a conical-shaped lower body, concave base with a pontil mark, tubular neck with everted rim. Some weathering and incrustation occur throughout the bottle; the outside shows a beautiful iridescence.Size: L:81.6mm / W:46.7mm ; 37gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Ca. 100-300 AD.A beautiful glass flask with a long body displaying vertical grooves, a short, flared neck and a wide everted rim. In antiquity, merchants and traders routinely packed, shipped, and sold all manner of foodstuffs and other goods across the Mediterranean in glass bottles and jars of all shapes and sizes, supplying Rome with a great variety of exotic materials from far-off parts of the empire. To find out more about glass in the Roman world, see Bayley, J., Freestone, I., & Jackson, C. (2015). Glass of the Roman World. Oxford And Philadelphia: Oxbow Books.Size: L:67mm / W:30mm ; 11.4gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Ca. 100-200 AD.A blown glass flask, featuring a bulbous body with vertical indentations spaced in equal intervals, a cylindrical neck, and everted rim. To find out more about glass in the Roman world, see Bayley, J., Freestone, I., & Jackson, C. (2015). Glass of the Roman World. Oxford And Philadelphia: Oxbow Books.Size: L:78mm / W:34mm ; 17.44gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Box of mixed collectables to include a collection of mostly British pre-decimal coinage (featuring a small number of silver examples), pen knife, costume jewellery (featuring micro-mosaic and antique paste examples), leather-clad hip flask, brass Swindon railway carriage token, Indian lacquered box with hand painted owl decoration, hardwood Buddhist figure, View-Master reels, porcelain fawn figure, glass Mdina bird paperweight (with original label, signed to base), etc
Group of mixed collectables and jewellery to include a pair of 9ct yellow gold stud earrings, a silver mounted photograph frame containing a miniature oil painting of a church, 12cm high, a leather clad hip flask with removable silver plated cup, a white metal locket with applied monogram, 5 x silver rings, white metal chain, ladies Rotary watch, etc
A Rare Combination Tool For A .442 Galand Revolver, And Eight Various Powder-Flasks For Pistols And LongarmsMostly 19th CenturyThe first of steel and comprising a bullet mould incorporating a sprung capper/de-capper (some pitting); the second comprising brass-mounted three-way powder-flask with copper body of flattened oval section becoming circular at the base, tapering nozzle (cut-off spring incomplete) and ball compartment with pivoting circular cover, the base with threaded circular cover over the compartment for wads or percussion caps; the second with bag-shaped body covered in black leather, white-metal top stamped 'James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield', and adjustable nozzle graduated from '2¼' to '3' Drams; the third with bag-shaped copper body, top stamped 'Sykes Patent', adjustable nozzle, and retaining much of its lacquered finish; the fourth with bag-shaped body embossed with vertical reeding, the top stamped 'Dixon & Son Improved Patent', and adjustable nozzle; two others, each with copper body embossed with a design of foliage on both sides; a miniature reproduction flask stamped 'Marsh'; and another reproduction flask, the body embossed with two game birds above a prone gun dog within strapwork on both sides (9)The first 19.5 cm., the remainder 12 cm. to 21 cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Pair Of 38-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Burnard, Newcastle On Tyne, Mid-19th CenturyWith rebrowned twist octagonal sighted smooth-bore barrels each signed along the top flat in front of the back-sight, border engraved case-hardened recessed patent breeches each with platinum line, platinum plug engraved with a star and decorated with a shell on the flat, case-hardened tangs engraved with foliage, signed border engraved case-hardened detented flat lock decorated with foliate scrollwork, dolphin hammers en suite (one hammer spur replaced, the other with old fracture), safety-catches each engraved with ropework, highly figured lacquered half-stocks each with angled chequered rounded butt, border engraved steel mounts comprising case-hardened ovoidal butt-caps each decorated with a shell motif on the oval flat, blued trigger-guards decorated with foliate scrollwork, case-hardened trigger-plates each with engraved pineapple finial, and fore-end caps each engraved with a starburst, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, adjustable set triggers, no provision for ramrods, and retaining much of their original finish: in original lined and fitted brass-mounted oak case with some accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask, steel bullet mould, and combined ramrod and cleaning rod, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with circular brass escutcheon engraved with initials 'H.C.P.' in gothic letters and centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle, London proof marks 23.8 cm. barrels Footnotes:Richard Burnand, successor to John Gardner, is recorded at 111 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne between 1843 and 1865The form of these pistols is reminiscent of those built by James PurdeyFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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