id: 96194 accession number: 1916.1906 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1906 updated: 2019-11-18 09:09:21.644000 Powder Flask, c. 1580. Germany, late 16th Century. Staghorn (two branches) carved with relief, scene of David and Bathsheba; iron suspension loop; mounts missing; overall: 16.9 x 11.1 cm (6 5/8 x 4 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1906 title: Powder Flask title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1580 creation date earliest: 1575 creation date latest: 1585 current location: 210B Firearms creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: Germany, late 16th Century technique: staghorn (two branches) carved with relief, scene of David and Bathsheba; iron suspension loop; mounts missing department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Arms & Armor type: Arms and Armor find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 16.9 x 11.1 cm (6 5/8 x 4 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Armor Court Reinstallation opening date: 1998-09-10T00:00:00 Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation" --- PROVENANCE Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #543 date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. During the 1500s, they were frequently decorated with images of famous historical figures. Here the figures of King David and Bathsheba derive from the Old Testament. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. page number: Mentioned: p. 153, F28 url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n225 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1906/1916.1906_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1906/1916.1906_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1906/1916.1906_full.tif