A beautiful and early powder flask dating: 1557 provenance: Germania, Forked sta…

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A beautiful and early powder flask

dating: 1557 provenance: Germania, Forked stag horn body, the front smoothly and finely engraved with a rampant lion within a flower crown, surrounded by curls and masks, underneath the date "1557". Iron mounts and belt hook. Four suspension rings.

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A beautiful and early powder flask

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