The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Powder Flask
late 1700s–early 1800s
Diameter: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.); Overall: 26.4 cm (10 3/8 in.)
Location: 210C Firearms
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.- Schott and O'Shaughnessy sale (1918); cat. #733.
- 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. 159, F52; Reproduced: Plate XXXVI, F52 archive.org
- Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"
- {{cite web|title=Powder Flask|url=false|author=|year=late 1700s–early 1800s|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1918.66