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8th January 2014, 08:38 AM
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Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
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This very early specimen, ca. 1540-50, preserved in the museum at the Imperial Castle (Kaiserburg) Nuremberg/Bavaria, is also covered with tooled leather and missing its carrying hook.
In all probability, it is one of the earliest of that group ever made and still has the touch of earliest trapezoid musketeers flasks of the 1530's but the brass top mount and staged, vase-like nozzle are dating criteria of the mid-16th c. Please see also my thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...+powder+flasks The strictly triangular shape of the flat body with straight edges, and the tooling with sparse, mostly conformable lines (geprägte Blindlinien), all account for its early date. m |
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20th January 2014, 10:40 AM
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Just to complete the thread ; the flask now restored. Thanks Michael for the research.
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20th January 2014, 12:21 PM
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Very good. Congratulations.
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20th January 2014, 12:21 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
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Stunningly great restoration job, Raf,
 And that fast! Nice piece to look at; it was sure worth completing. Best, Michael |
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