id:			96174
accession number:	1916.1887
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1887
updated:		2021-09-09 09:00:32.338000

Powder Flask, c. 1680. Johann Michael Maucher (German, 1645-1701). Boxwood with design of stag and hounds carved in high relief; steel funnel, mounts, springcatch; diameter: 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.); overall: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1887

title:				Powder Flask
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series:				
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creation date:			c. 1680
creation date earliest:		1675
creation date latest:		1685
current location:		210B Firearms
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	German, Swabian, Gmünd, 17th century
technique:	boxwood with design of stag and hounds carved in high relief; steel funnel, mounts, springcatch
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Johann Michael Maucher (German, 1645-1701)  - artist

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measurements: Diameter: 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.); Overall: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Armor Court Reinstallation
	opening date:   1998-09-10T00:00:00
	<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916-
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fun fact: 
Johann Michael Maucher was the most famous member of a Schwabian family of ivory, wood, and amber carvers.

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wall 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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
	page number: 	cat: #583
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour1/page/n219/mode/2up

	Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; 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. 152, F24
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n224

	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	p. 148; cat. no. 248, p. 176
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	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	cat. no. 257, p. 195
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