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Source Description
This "port-flask" is from a series made for members of the bodyguard of the lectors of Saxony Christian II (reigned 1591/1601-11) or Johann Georg I (reigned 1611-56) who used wheel-lock carbines. The relief depicts a guard member carrying a ceremonial halberd.
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Document identity
localId
39607
label
Port-Flask with Powder Flask and Bullet-and-Cartridge Pouch
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
39607
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Port-Flask with Powder Flask and Bullet-and-Cartridge Pouch
description
This "port-flask" is from a series made for members of the bodyguard of the lectors of Saxony Christian II (reigned 1591/1601-11) or Johann Georg I (reigned 1611-56) who used wheel-lock carbines. The relief depicts a guard member carrying a ceremonial halberd.
provenance
Henry Griffith Keasbey, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, American Art Association, New York, December 5, 1924, no. 23; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1610
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
powder flasks
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
39
height
21
dimensionsRaw
15 3/8 x 8 1/4 in. (39 x 21 cm)
Source extras
med
leather, ebony, wood, iron
creator_ids
6211
collection_ids
BAR
ARM
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
20b69d4dcffe8920
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
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ed7378eae9400f46
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no
hasDescription
no