id:			96904
accession number:	1916.60
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.60
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:18.722000

Powder Flask, c. 1620–50. Germany, 17th century. Walnut inlaid with ivory decoration; turned steel funnel with spring cap; diameter: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.); overall: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.60

title:				Powder Flask
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creation date:			c. 1620–50
creation date earliest:		1615
creation date latest:		1655
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Germany, 17th century
technique:	walnut inlaid with ivory decoration; turned steel funnel with spring cap
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Diameter: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.); Overall: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 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. #314
	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: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
	page number: 	Mention: p. 156, F37; Reproduced: Plate XXXVI, F37
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n230

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	Mention: p. 175, cat. no. 246; Reproduced: p. 146
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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: 	p. 195, cat. no. 256
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