WOODEN POWDER FLASK for COMMENT and ID

[colin henshaw]

Not my area really, but the bone inlay reminds me of the decoration to be found on the wooden stocks of some Moroccan guns...

[rickystl]

I'm the guilty one that suggested to Stu that it might be Algerain (?). LOL

Hi Stu.

Well, I do believe it is either Moroccan or Algerian. Nice pics of the flask here. It actually displays really well. It looks like it was made in three pieces. Agreed ?

Rick

[ward]

Look at morocco. The wood looks like Thuya wood from around Essaouira

[kahnjar1]

Originally Posted by rickystl

I'm the guilty one that suggested to Stu that it might be Algerain (?). LOL

Hi Stu.

Well, I do believe it is either Moroccan or Algerian. Nice pics of the flask here. It actually displays really well. It looks like it was made in three pieces. Agreed ?

Rick

Nothing to be guilty about Rick. Comment is comment and that's what I am after. I agree 3 parts by the look of it. Nicely fitted as well.
Have to say I am rather surprised at the lack of replies, as judging by other threads there are plenty of flask collectors here!
Stu

[Oliver Pinchot]

It's Moroccan, latter 19th century.

[kahnjar1]

Thanks Gentlemen. Moroccan it is.
Can someone tell me how it would have been suspended to facilitate easy use? The slot suggests a belt, but if on a belt it would be almost impossible to use to charge either a pan or a muzzle.
Stu

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

More below...Some conjecture suggests that these are Ottoman or Moroccan but they could easily be both ...spoils of war perhaps... I can imagine the flask being plain in the hands of the original Ottoman owner but later hand carved by the new Moroccan owners in the typical decorative style of wood carving of North African form.

The plain flask below said to be Ottoman whilst the carved Flask described as Moroccan.

[kahnjar1]

Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi

More below...Some conjecture suggests that these are Ottoman or Moroccan but they could easily be both ...spoils of war perhaps... I can imagine the flask being plain in the hands of the original Ottoman owner but later hand carved by the new Moroccan owners in the typical decorative style of wood carving of North African form.

The plain flask below said to be Ottoman whilst the carved Flask described as Moroccan.

Salaams Ibrahiim,
Do you know how these flasks were carried? The "slot" suggests a belt but I would have thought that would restrict ease of use.......
Your small pic shows a cord, (maybe not original?) but if that is the correct way of suspending the flask then why is there not just a hole or a ring to take the cord?
Stu