Swiss Canteen from 1700

Description

In a wooden example, with slightly ovoid lines, extensively decorated with carved geometric folk art designs, and two human faces in profile, and a line of elaborately styled writing in Swiss German; the canteen known in German as Feldflasche measuring 9” high x 4” wide x 2¾” deep) dated 1700 A.D. Scanned at the Woodstock Museum of Shenandoah County (Item No. 355) http://www.woodstockmuseumva.org