Antique Belle Epoque era French sterling silver mounted travel liquor flask. Featuring a tapered clear glass bottle decorated with wheel cut fluting and etched foliage motif. Mounted with a sterling silver threaded collar and silver lid with patterned frieze of ribbon, leaves and berries. Retains a glass stopper. Measures 5 1/2" length. In overall good condition for its age with general wear commensurate with age and use. Missing the silver cup at the base of the bottle. Hallmarked with the French Minerva 1st standard mark, which depicts the head of the goddess Minerva with a number 1 beside her to denote a silver content of 950/1000. Also bearing maker's marks for silversmith Gaston Bardies, active 1897-1914 at 13 rue des Fontaines, Paris.