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Powder Flask
1600s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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Details
- Title: Powder Flask
- Date Created: 1600s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 21.3 x 20 cm (8 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
- Provenance: Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #311.
- Type: Arms and Armor
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.59
- Medium: horn, engraved
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: Austria, Tyrol, 17th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
- Collection: MED - Arms & Armor
- Accession Number: 1916.59
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