The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 28, 2024
Powder Flask
c. 1560–1570
Overall: 17.2 x 11.9 cm (6 3/4 x 4 11/16 in.)
Location: 210B Firearms
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This flask is an exceptionally fine example of Italy Renaissance tooled leatherwork known as cuir bouilli (molded and hardened leather).Description
Powder flasks are small, portable containers designed to hold gunpowder. From the 1400s to the 1800s, powder flasks were indispensable for charging and priming firearms of all types. Without powder flasks firearms were of little use to their owners. Many highly decorated flasks rank as works of art.- Charles M. Schott Jr. (1846-1919), New York, NY1918[Sale: Scott & O'Shaughnessy, New York, November 19-21, 1918, cat. no. 494.]1918-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Scott & O'Shaughnessy, New York. Ancient Arms and Edge Weapons. New York: Scott & O'Shaughnessy, 1918. cat. #494Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 153, F29; Reproduced: Plate XXXVI, F29 archive.orgFliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. p. 149; cat. no. 263, p. 176Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. cat. no. 246, p. 195
- Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
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