A Group of Five Silver, Reed and Snakeskin Mounted Flasks

19th/20th Century

comprising a silver-mounted glass example with presentation inscription 'Huntingdon Races / G.R. Hunt Esq. For Riding Huntsman / The Winner of the Ouse Cup / The property of / M. Hulton-Harrop. Dec. 1 1870' and stamped for Thomas Johnson I, London, 1870, a snakeskin mounted glass example with silver lid stamped for Sampson Mordan & Co., London, 1892, a woven reed and metal example inscribed 'F. Dixon 1858', a silver-mounted glass example marked for Ulrich Sauter, Basel and with .830 standard, and a German silver-mounted glass example marked with .800 standard and with maker's mark WTB.
Height of tallest 5 1/2 inches.

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A Group of Five Silver, Reed and Snakeskin Mounted Flasks

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