A rare early 18th century silver-mounted pocket ram's horn powder flask
£2,900
Auction: 19 August 2013 at 15:00 BST
Description
with an engraved inscription on the base 'Dunblain fight Nov. 13th 1715 Kings Gen: D Argile. Prenders & Mar Inv:At:Def: by Erl of Sur lnd: Prs:in: Takn: by Gen: Cartr: & Wills Pretender: Erl: Mar & ye rest of ye Party run away from Perth. M. Cadogen Yr Kings Gen. Jan 30th1715/6', the silver nozzle and turned mount decorated with incised line turning, secured by two screws, the base with screw top silver cap
Dimensions
14cm long
Footnote
The engraving refers to the aftermath of the Battle of Sheriffmuir, fought north of Dunblane in the 1715 Jacobite Rising led by the Earl of Mar in an unsuccessful attempt to regain the Stewart crown from the army of the Hanoverian King George I led by the Duke of Argyll