Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
The flask with a ball and hinged cap, rotating to lock on a bayonet catch. The upper body clothed in crocodile skin, with windows to the interior. The lower body with a slide off silver cup, with a rounded rim and oval foot.
Hallmarked for Thomas Latham and Ernest Morton, Birmingham 1899.
Height 5 inches, 13cm.
Width 3 1/4 inches, 8cm.
Depth 1 1/4 inches, 3cm.
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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SILVER & LEATHER HIP FLASK 1899
