Powder flask

Marking: Carved at the top of the decoration on the front: C [above crossed olive branches, and beneath a closed coronet surmoutned by a fleur-de-lis (the cypher of the Valois King Charles IX of France, 1550–1574, reigned from 1560)].

Possibly William Henry Forman, Pippbrook House, Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom (until d. 1869; by descent, through his sister-in-law, Mrs. Burt, to his nephew, Major Alexander Henry Browne); possibly Major Alexander Henry Browne, Callaly Castle, Whittingham, Northumberland (until 1899; The Forman Collection sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, June 19–22, 1899, no. 3654); Anonymous (until 1935; Schutz- und Trutzwaffen aus allerhöchstem Besitz, Jagdsammlung de Westerweller sowie Schwerter, Degen, Stagenwaffen, Armbruste, Rad- und Steinschlossgewehre, Pistolen, Hirschfänger u. a. Sale, Galerie Fischer, Zurich, May 7–8, 1935, no. 205); [Joe Kindig, Jr., York, PA, until d. 1971; by descent to his son]; [Joe Kindig III, York, PA, from 1971; sold to a private collector]; private collection, United States (until 2018; sold to Petry); [Raymond Petry, Pennsylvania, 2018; sold to MMA].

Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge and Sir Cecil H. Smith. The Forman Collection: Catalogue of the Egyptian, Greek and Roman Antiquities (the Bronzes and Vases Described by Cecil H. Smith...) and Objects of Art of the Renaissance, etc ... (first portion). London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, June 19–22, 1899. no. 3654.