Powder Flask
The coarse powder for the charge that propels the bullet was carried in a larger flask, and finer priming powder, in a smaller one. Leather was saturated with water to make it malleable for shaping, for example, on a mold. After it dried, it could also be embossed or carved.
Artifact
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id
13297
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Clements; Henry Griffith Keasbey, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, American Art Association, New York, December 5, 1924, no. 20; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_51.559_NF_3739-tms.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_51.559_NF_3739-tms.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_51.559_NF_3739-tms.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.559 |
Terms
Medium
molded leather, steel
Genre
powder flasks