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Old 16th March 2014, 07:44 PM   #7
Matchlock
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Here are three bandeliers, each featuring an additional flask with a nozzle for priming powder.

The first bandelier is in my collection; it unites eight wooden powder measures painted with red and green lacquer, in the Gothic tradition.
The next one is just plain, with no dye or leather to the wooden flasks.
The one at the bottom with six small measuring flasks is of Swiss provenance and of good quality; it has a portion of matchcord attached.

According to my experience, the number of flasks/powder measures on a bandelier could vary between 6 and 15. I guess the term 'twelve apostles' which seems to be so painstakingly observed nowadays only came up in the Historismus/Victorian period and just described an ideal number.
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