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Silver gunpowder pouch. Turkey, 18th century.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on March 23, 2016 at 12:11am
Late-Ottoman silver gunpowder pouch. Turkish, 18th century. To be fixed on a leather belt.(Source: International antique trade).
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Tags: Turkey, late-Ottoman.
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  • Peter Hoesli March 24, 2016 at 6:47am

    Beautiful workmanship - very special! With kind regards. Peter

  • ingrid Langerak March 24, 2016 at 9:35am

    Very nice and ornamental. Quite a collector's item.   how would the guns be held?

  • Jean-Marie Criel March 24, 2016 at 5:50pm

    @ Ingrid: I corrected/completed the caption.  Dimensions of the item: about 10 x 10 cm.  With kind greetings, JM.

  • ingrid Langerak March 24, 2016 at 6:34pm

    Thank you Jean-Marie Criel, this makes more sense, a pouch for the gun powder, the lid ids the upper part. A pity there is not another photo to show the back and its side to get an idea how much it would carry.  No doubt it is a beautiful item and most attracktive to imagine it slipped onto a belt. Gr. Ingrid.

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