Estimate

£40 - £50

Powder flasks, group of three copper and brass, being 1) circa 1870s, embossed with shell design both sides, graduated spout, cap marked ‘improved / fireproof / sykes / patent’, fully working, tight seams, some shallow denting, approx. 8 in.; 2) circa 1880s, embossed both sides with geometric designs, graduated spout, enclosed spring, cap marked ‘sykes / patent’, fully working, tight seams, approx. 8 ½ in.; 3) a good, presumed shed-made, musket priming flask with threaded cap, engraved ‘e / 68’, approx. 4 in.