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21st June 2016, 05:32 PM
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This is a 19th century Ottoman powder flask that I own. Its missing the top piece and there are som loss to the decoration. Despite the faults I really like this flask, someone put a lot of work and effort into making it.
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21st June 2016, 08:46 PM
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Look I have the little sister...
But your is much better... Congratulations! |
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14th August 2016, 07:37 AM
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Just for our database (not mine, just sold recently)
Primer flask, South Arabian, Yemen |
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19th October 2016, 07:20 PM
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I spotted a couple of interesting powder flasks; Two nice Central Asian flasks(Barutdan) with exotic surface style ...one with a birdshead and eye of Turquoise...I show two moon shaped (Talahiq) of Oman...and one interesting Gourd design(Barutluk) with Turkoman style decoration. The black barutdan with studs is Persian
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19th October 2016, 07:37 PM
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The gourd I think now we all agree is in fact a Tobacco/Snuff flask, rather than for priming powder, though it could well do both jobs. See this link http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=21994 Here are two more also included here for library purposes. Stu |
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19th October 2016, 09:33 PM
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20th October 2016, 05:24 PM
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Yes I was aware of the detail outlined by Oliver Pinchot but I found this on Imperial Arms as a sold item as I recall... It has its own name Barutluk.(Barut being gun powder...)..and is decorated in Turkoman design so it is certainly Central Asian ... Imperial describe it as for gunpowder. Certainly the other smaller exotic designed items are well documented but I thought to include this Gourd for comments... I was looking across Forum and at http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=21994 it quite nicely explains these as snuff boxes...which is a powder...thus easily confusable...though I wouldnt like to mix the two things up!! |
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10th May 2017, 06:26 PM
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It has been some time since someone added to this interesting thread, so I am resurrecting it with another heart shaped turkish powder flask from my collection. It is most likely from around 1800 and made out of wood with brass decoration. The stopper is bone or horn.
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