A RARE QUEEN ANNE LEATHER 'PISTOL-SHAPED' FLASK OR BOTTLE

A RARE QUEEN ANNE LEATHER 'PISTOL-SHAPED' FLASK OR BOTTLE

DATED '1714'

in the form of a 'dagg'. the stitched seam with two lugs, with a hole to one end, stamped '1714 WD' to each side

55cm long

Provenance

The Peter Hornsby Leather Collection, item 292.

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Catalogue Note

This leather pistol-shaped bottle is very rare, only a handful of other dated examples are recorded by Baker, stamped with dates from 1681-1710. The bottle is in the form of a large dagg or horse-pistol from the 16th century and was intended to scare off highwaymen. See O. Baker, 'Leather Bottells', pp.61-63. Also see Sotheby's, 'The Adler Collection', 24th February 2005, lot 215 for a similar example.