id:			96174
accession number:	1916.1887
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1887
updated:		2025-08-07 18:18:36.109000

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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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
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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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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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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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