"Hunting Powder Flask In Deer Bone Carved With A Hunting Scene, 18th Century"
Powder flask in bone carved in high relief with a hunting scene: wolves chasing deer and does against a forest background. Back engraved with geometric patterns. Central Europe, 18th-19th century in the Renaissance style. Missing the stopper. Length: 25 cm. How a utilitarian object can become a ceremonial piece showing the status of its owner, bearing witness to the care taken over the beauty of equipment and weapons at this time, which could also be worn in ceremonial circumstances.