What is this? Powder flask/Tobacco Flask?

kahnjar1 · 16th April 2017, 09:47 PM

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

rickystl · 17th April 2017, 11:02 AM

Hi Stu.

Hmmmm.....I think tobacco might be a good guess.

Rick

ariel · 17th April 2017, 01:15 PM

Perhaps it was for a mixture of both: must have been a dynamite fag:-)

Jens Nordlunde · 17th April 2017, 01:47 PM

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.'

kahnjar1 · 17th April 2017, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

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.'

Hi Jens,
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

thinreadline · 19th April 2017, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by kahnjar1

Hi Jens,
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

The decoration is a little like my large 19th C hunting knife which equally I have scant idea as to origin though it was sold as a N Indian made for the European market ....

kahnjar1 · 19th April 2017, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by thinreadline

The decoration is a little like my large 19th C hunting knife which equally I have scant idea as to origin though it was sold as a N Indian made for the European market ....

I was thinking that region also. Snuff/tobacco flasks from Afghanistan are of similar size to the item I was querying. Pics here
Stu

Richard G · 19th April 2017, 02:42 PM

Something to do with betel? Possibly?
Regards
Richard

16th April 2017, 09:47 PM	#1
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,731	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 Attached Images

17th April 2017, 01:47 PM	#4
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	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.' Attached Images

17th April 2017, 11:02 AM	#2
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,623	Hi Stu. Hmmmm.....I think tobacco might be a good guess. Rick

17th April 2017, 01:15 PM	#3
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Perhaps it was for a mixture of both: must have been a dynamite fag:-)

19th April 2017, 02:42 PM	#8
Richard G Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 403	Something to do with betel? Possibly? Regards Richard