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16th April 2017, 09:47 PM | #1 |
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What is this? Powder flask/Tobacco Flask?
Picked this up at the weekend for next to nothing.
Can anyone tell me what it is and also where it comes from? The decoration style is familiar but I can not place it. Made of brass. Stu |
17th April 2017, 11:02 AM | #2 |
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Hi Stu.
Hmmmm.....I think tobacco might be a good guess. Rick |
17th April 2017, 01:15 PM | #3 |
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Perhaps it was for a mixture of both: must have been a dynamite fag:-)
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I dont know wht it is, but I have found the attached picture, which is from a sales catalogue from 1974 from Elliott and Snowdon.
'Part striped wood, part iron and decorated with gold scrolls. Early 19th century.' |
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Thank you. The pic you show appears to be a powder bandolier. Similar sort of thing to this one. What I have is not from a bandolier and I suspect it is more likely for tobacco/snuff but hoped that someone here could identify the decoration style, and perhaps give a concise identification as to use. Stu |
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19th April 2017, 02:42 PM | #8 |
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Something to do with betel? Possibly?
Regards Richard |
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