Antique Leather and Silver-plate Glass Flask Canton porcelain box 2 3/4" tall x 2

2 3/4" tall x 2 1/2" long x 7/8" wide

and which gives the piece a terrific immediacy

and as if he is about to crack a joke

I have not found another like it and really think it is quite a special piece

Antique Leather and Silver-plate Glass Flask Canton porcelain box 2 3/4" tall x 2I'm a sucker for a great looking flask, especially ones with old leather covers on top like this one, which fill me with visions of heading into the woods on horseback, or long walks through misty moorlands! The leather on this one is very well worn and dry and cracking in spots, but still holding on (I think perhaps with the assist of a little glue added between it and the glass at some point) and the bottom half, silver plate I believe, looks