What are these?

[DixieTexian]

The writing says "three shall be the number and the number shall be three"

Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three.

 

[springfield art]

I have a buddy that owns a gun shop in Florida. He buys lots of estates. He has these that he sent me pics of want to know if they are worth anything. He said they are powder flasks or canteens. He also said they came from Bosnia. I told him to send me some pics of the spouts/lids and why he thinks they are Bosnian. As of yet I haven’t gotten the spout pics. What say y’all on these? View attachment 214335View attachment 214336View attachment 214337View attachment 214338View attachment 214342View attachment 214343

Definitely have collector value; not too terribly valuable, but would surely interest many oddity collectors.

 

[Pukatea Bay Boy]

Morena everyone.
I think? They could be middle Eastern powder flasks.
Wouldn't vouch for originalitly tho.
Middle Eastern folks ate VERY good at reproduction of most everything for tourist markets.
Very cool tho.
Nga mihi
Ma te wa

Kind regards
Have a wonderful day

 

[TreeMan]

Thanks for all the replies. I shared everyone’s thoughts with my buddy that has them.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

Check this post: Traditional M/L Guns from Afghanistan

They look pretty close, so I'm gonna go with flasks.

 

[hanshi]

I have no idea what they are but prefer imagining that they are powder/ and or/ shot flasks.

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

If ya filled them with smoldering cattail it would keep the bugs away......

 

[PathfinderNC]

The writing says "three shall be the number and the number shall be three"

And not two unless to pass onto three

 

[chorizo]

I just found a couple searching the net. It appears to be canteens without the stoppers. The decorative cap is just that decorative.....

The have the same chain set up and shape.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1442754426...1291&msclkid=5087c1128ef21bd2d53ea525936a4c2e
https://img0.etsystatic.com/149/0/6470223/il_570xN.1106887456_oajn.jpg

 

[MSW]

too small for water flasks... i suspect that they were for powder, but that's just a guess.

 

[chorizo]

Arthur: Right! One. . . two. . . five!

 

[kansas_volunteer]

I say powder flasks. Perhaps posting in the pre flintlock forum will get you less wise *** answers.

 

[Semisane]

Salt and pepper containers.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

I have a buddy that owns a gun shop in Florida. He buys lots of estates. He has these that he sent me pics of want to know if they are worth anything. He said they are powder flasks or canteens. He also said they came from Bosnia. I told him to send me some pics of the spouts/lids and why he thinks they are Bosnian. As of yet I haven’t gotten the spout pics. What say y’all on these? View attachment 214335View attachment 214336View attachment 214337View attachment 214338View attachment 214342View attachment 214343

Those are Ottoman powder flasks. Bosnia was part of the Ottoman Empire from the middle 1400's to late in the 1800's. The guy on horseback is not a "Crusader"....

Here are some more examples:

LD

 

[Billy Boy]

Flasks for Holy Water...the 80 proof kind....

Holy water starts at 90 proof…

 

[DixieTexian]

I say powder flasks. Perhaps posting in the pre flintlock forum will get you less wise *** answers.

 

[TreeMan]

Those are Ottoman powder flasks. Bosnia was part of the Ottoman Empire from the middle 1400's to late in the 1800's. The guy on horseback is not a "Crusader"....

Here are some more examples:
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LD

Thank you!

 

[JeffG]

After some due diligence, I'm going to guess Moroccan powder flask. Obviously, not all would be high quality. (late to the game, I see ;-0 )

http://oriental-arms.co.il/item.php?id=2518

 

[Shortfat1]

Thanks a lot you goofs!… ️ I just shot my morning coffee out my nose reading this thread…

 

[ColonialRifleSmith]

I have a buddy that owns a gun shop in Florida. He buys lots of estates. He has these that he sent me pics of want to know if they are worth anything. He said they are powder flasks or canteens. He also said they came from Bosnia. I told him to send me some pics of the spouts/lids and why he thinks they are Bosnian. As of yet I haven’t gotten the spout pics. What say y’all on these? View attachment 214335View attachment 214336View attachment 214337View attachment 214338View attachment 214342View attachment 214343

These are Bazaar souvenirs US people brought back from the Middle East. I saw hundreds of them in Kuwait, Qatar, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Repro powder and shot flask. The venders also sold repro ML's. They could make them look like antiques, but they're not. They went for about 5 to 10 USD. Semper Fi.