IT HAS A SUSPENSION RING FOR ATTACHING TO A BELT OR CORD AND ONE FUNNEL FOR FILLING AND ONE FOR DISPENSING POWDER.
IT IS SMALL AND PROBABLY HELD NO MORE THAN 4 OR 5 PRIMES.
IT IS APPROXIMATELY 6CM TALL.
I THINK IT WOULD HAVE ONCE BEEN GILDED ALL OVER AND IT HAS NIELLO WORK DECORATION, I WOULD SUGGEST THIS IS OTTOMAN OR PERSIAN IN ORIGIN.
NO HALLMARKS SO SELLING AS WHITE METAL.
I DATE THIS TO CIRCA 1880.
IT DOES UNSCREW COMPLETELY FROM THE BASE FOR CLEANING PURPOSES.
A VERY UNUSUAL PIECE AND PROBABLY HAND MADE FOR A SPECIFIC CUSTOMER.
PLEASE SEE THE MANY PICTURES BELOW.
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