Flask

This oval-shaped brass flask with bulging belly, narrow bottle-neck for filling up water and a slender pipe attached to it on one side for drinking straight from the flask is made in two symmetrical parts hammered to shape and joined together by a ‘piping’ soldered at the edge. A neat floral motif is repoussed at the neck. The flask has a wooden stopper on top to close the bottle.
Camel riders from the desert areas of south and central Asia and elsewhere have been using leather flasks for centuries which seem to have inspired the design and construction of this metal flask. The joinery, the floral adornment and the wooden stopper closely resemble the leather prototypes.