id:			96202
accession number:	1916.1916
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1916
updated:		2025-02-08 22:24:20.927000

Powder Flask, 1500s(?). Italy, late 16th century (?) questionable authenticity. Leather (cuir bouilli); modern steel mounts and fitting; overall: 17.2 x 13.5 cm (6 3/4 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1916

title:				Powder Flask
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creation date:			1500s(?)
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1599
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Italy, late 16th century (?) questionable authenticity
technique:	leather (cuir bouilli); modern steel mounts and fitting
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 17.2 x 13.5 cm (6 3/4 x 5 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Frank Gair Macomber, Boston, (cat #: 188)
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 3, <em>16th century</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (175) 179
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour3_201602/page/n408

	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. 153, F27
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n224

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IMAGES

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