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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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99027
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Powder Flask
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99027
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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. 1560–1570
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en
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Q60778116
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Arms and Armor
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Overall: 17.2 x 11.9 cm (6 3/4 x 4 11/16 in.)
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Italy, 16th century
accession
1918.65
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leather (cuir bouilli) with embossed and fluted decoration; brass funnel
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Powder Flask, c. 1560–1570. Italy, 16th century. Leather (cuir bouilli) with embossed and fluted decoration; brass funnel; overall: 17.2 x 11.9 cm (6 3/4 x 4 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1918.65
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(cuir bouilli) with embossed and fluted decoration
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MED - Arms & Armor
didYouKnow
This flask is an exceptionally fine example of Italy Renaissance tooled leatherwork known as <em>cuir bouilli</em> (molded and hardened leather).
citations
citation
Scott & O'Shaughnessy, New York.<em> Ancient Arms and Edge Weapons</em>. New York: Scott & O'Shaughnessy, 1918.
page_number
cat. #494
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. 153, F29; Reproduced: Plate XXXVI, F29
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N<em>. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
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p. 149; cat. no. 263, p. 176
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Fliegel, Stephen N. A<em>rms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
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cat. no. 246, p. 195
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:20:51.256000
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99027
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Medieval Art
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MED - Arms & Armor
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leather (cuir bouilli) with embossed and fluted decoration; brass funnel
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