Powder Flask
The coarse powder for the charge that propels the bullet was carried in a large flask, and priming powder, in a smaller one. The leather was saturated with water so that it could be shaped on a mold.
Images (2)
Artifact
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1298
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object
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stage
normalized
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provenance
Londesborough; Londesborough Sale, Christie's, London, 1888, no. 114 (?); Clements [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Henry Griffith Keasbey, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, American Art Association, New York, December 5, 1924, no. 24; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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language
en
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pageCount
2
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source
import
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.592 |
Terms
Medium
molded leather, wood, iron