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13th February 2009, 07:22 PM
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CALIVERMAN's Powder Flasks and Their Leather Frogs, Nuremberg, ca. 1580-1620
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15th February 2009, 07:46 PM
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Two fine Saxon samples for guardsmen of the Trabanten-Leibgarde of the Saxon Elector Christian I, 1580's.
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15th February 2009, 08:10 PM
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An unusually fine Nuremberg Caliver Man's (Schützen-) Flask, ca. 1580-1600
This one is unusual for having a velvet covered wooden body and retaining its original tinning on the iron mounts. Most Nuremberg flasks were quite plain.
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15th February 2009, 08:27 PM
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The finest Schützenflasche (Caliver Man's Flask) That I Have Ever Seen
Of Nuremberg make, ca. 1600, the body carved, the fire gilt cast bronze mounts highly figured and engraved with the characteristic Nuremberg style of foliage.
This is also unusual for having a ball reservoir on the underside which was released by turning the cross cut screw. The frog hook is missing from the obverse. Height 20.5 cm. It fetched 6,000 euro at a German auction last year, its estimate was a humble 100 euro - imagine! Of course it is worth double the sum it went for ... Michael |
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24th February 2009, 09:01 PM
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Another fine Saxon leather frog with a wooden compartment drilled for four paper cartridges, together with a finely carved Suhl Schützenflasche (caliverman's flask), the frog hook missing from the reverse, and a wheel-lock spanner, all ca. 1580.
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24th February 2009, 09:05 PM
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An unusual leather frog for a caliverman's flask, ca. 1580, in the Princes Odescalchi Colln., near Rome.
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