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14th August 2021, 04:52 PM | #1 |
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Persian ? Powder Flask and Ramrod
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All steel powder flask 7 1/2 inches at the widest and the ramrod at 13 1/2 inches is obviously pistol sized. I've seen these tagged as Persian, Ottoman, Balkan and Indo-Persian and I have no doubt there is cross cultural form and usage, if anyone can give me a more definitive attribution I would be grateful. The timeline I would suspect is somewhere in the 19thC. The hanger is to a degree incomplete i.e the leather loss on one of the strands and the lack of an end tassel/bauble on another. On the other hand I haven't found many of these complete with hanger and ramrod although I don't know if flask and ramrod were always or mostly carried together en suite as it were. Thanks for your assistance as always. Regards, Norman. |
14th August 2021, 05:50 PM | #2 |
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It's Ottoman military, Norman. It appears c. 1830s and the type remains in production into the late 19th century.
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14th August 2021, 06:06 PM | #3 |
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Hi Oliver,
Ottoman military, that's a nice surprise. Thanks as always for your help. My Regards, Norman. |
14th August 2021, 06:30 PM | #4 |
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Nice example, Norman.
... with a system similar to mine, but which was told (15 years ago) to have a completely different provenance. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...o+powder+flask |
14th August 2021, 09:02 PM | #5 |
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I confirm what colleagues said, Ottoman military, pictured in the Book Description of Egypt, end of 18th early 19th c.
They are common, because military... |
15th August 2021, 02:18 PM | #6 | |
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Thanks for the info. Re the availability of these. They don't appear to be common where I am but it is possibly different for you. I can only find two more examples with the hanger and ramrod both from a German auction house, photos attached. My Regards, Norman. |
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15th August 2021, 02:12 PM | #7 | |
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An interesting piece. I guess the system was widespread re the functionality and the form varied from place to place. My Regards, Norman. |
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18th August 2021, 12:28 PM | #8 |
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Hi Rick, Eftihis and Kubur,
Thanks for the info and extra images it's much appreciated. My Regards, Norman. |
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