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Source 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.
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96892
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Powder Flask
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96892
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object
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
1600s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60779989
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Arms and Armor
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 21.3 x 20 cm (8 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
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Austria, Tyrol
accession
1916.59
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horn, engraved
tombstone
Powder Flask, 1600s. Austria, Tyrol. Horn, engraved; overall: 21.3 x 20 cm (8 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.59
collection
MED - Arms & Armor
citations
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: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
page_number
Mention: p. 159, F51
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
page_number
p. 175, cat. no. 245
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page_number
p. 195, cat. no. 254
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:13:09.134000
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96892
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Medieval Art
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MED - Arms & Armor
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horn, engraved
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