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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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96174
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Powder Flask
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96174
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title
Powder Flask
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.
date
c. 1680
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language
en
wikidata
Q60741891
creators
10672
genreSpecific
Arms and Armor
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.); Overall: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.)
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German, Swabian, Gmünd, 17th century
accession
1916.1887
Source extras
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boxwood with design of stag and hounds carved in high relief; steel funnel, mounts, springcatch
tombstone
Powder Flask, c. 1680. Johann Michael Maucher (German, 1645–1701). Boxwood with design of stag and hounds carved in high relief; steel funnel, mounts, springcatch; diameter: 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.); overall: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1887
collection
MED - Arms & Armor
didYouKnow
Johann Michael Maucher was the most famous member of a Schwabian family of ivory, wood, and amber carvers.
citations
citation
<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
page_number
cat: #583
citation
Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 152, F24
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
page_number
p. 148; cat. no. 248, p. 176
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
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cat. no. 257, p. 195
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:10:43.782000
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96174
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Medieval Art
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MED - Arms & Armor
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boxwood with design of stag and hounds carved in high relief; steel funnel, mounts, springcatch
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male
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