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Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

Powder Flask

Powder Flask

c. 1560–1570
Location: 210B Firearms

Did You Know?

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, NY
    1918
    [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. #494
    Gilchrist, 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.org
    Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. p. 149; cat. no. 263, p. 176
    Fliegel, 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).
  • {{cite web|title=Powder Flask|url=false|author=|year=c. 1560–1570|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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