Moulded powder flask

Powder flask moulded in rawhide, possibly camel. It consists of one piece of material with a single seam and was, no doubt, moulded over a filling of…read more »

Powder Flask

Pyx

  Pyx A small container, sometimes used for consecrated wafer or bread. Thin hide over wood, the decoration was made using ‘Cuir Boulli’ techniques. Italian 15th century.

Vase

  Painted Vase Moulded from the bladder of a camel. From Moultan, Pakistan, mid 19th cent.

Raw hide quiver

Quiver, of rawhide moulded over a former; with modeled and punched ornamentation of hunting scenes. Florentine, 15th century. About 10’’ high Leather Craftsmanship J.W. Waterer

Flask

Cuirboulli Flask: Casing, probably of a glass bottle, of vellum with finely incised decoration. Said to have been exhumed in France. Perhaps 14th century.

Black Jacks

‘Black Jacks’, ‘Bombards’ and a small jug, wet-moulded in heavy hide, 17th to 19th century. Leather vessels of this kind are a particularly English tradition. The ‘bombard’…read more »