North African Powder Flask.
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Arrived today, and reassuringly heavy in the hand, with lots of work on it. The decoration looks like repousse rather than applied and sweated as is so often done later. Mainly brass with a white metal outer face I doubt the cord belongs, but it does have an integral loop at one end, so might be a partial original hanger for something local. Vendors pics, with three of mine taken today. It's an accidental find, I was pricing stuff up on fleabay and there it was as a BIN at a price I could not refuse.
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Congratulations David! Excellent powder flask. I think Morocco |
How do you get an accurate measure of powder, is there an accessory measure or would it have been a cap which I assume once covered the flask opening?
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Hi David,
I think your "new" flask is Algerian. Stu |
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Buttin, who had the benefit of living in the Maghreb in the late 19th and early 20th century, shows 3 similar flasks in his catalogues - nos. 1056-1058. He has described all three as Moroccan. I am more inclined to trust Buttin over Tirri, though on the other hand similar flaks may have been popular in Algeria as well.
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I stand corrected as this style is also described in Stone's Glossary as Moroccan. The Maghreb though is a region covering a large area of Northwestern Africa which includes both countries, so maybe we should just describe these as Maghrebi. Morocco and Algeria share a modern day border so perhaps the origin is a bit clouded. Stu |
... which is why I described it as "North African". I have little doubt that there was a lot of exchange between all those countries on the African coast of the Mediterranean.
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