The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 29, 2024
Powder Flask
c. 1620–1650
Diameter: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.); Overall: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.)
Location: 210A Armor Court
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.- Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #275.
- 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: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mention: p. 158, F48 archive.orgFliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. p. 175, cat. no. 244Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. p. 195, cat. no. 255
- Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan). Birmingham Museum of Art (organizer) (July 1, 1993-July 1, 1995).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.57