id: 99044 accession number: 1918.66 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.66 updated: 2022-01-04 14:44:14.992000 Powder Flask, late 1700s–early 1800s. Spain, late 18th-early 19th century. Cowhorn, incised; diameter: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.); overall: 26.4 cm (10 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1918.66 title: Powder Flask title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 1700s–early 1800s creation date earliest: 1775 creation date latest: 1825 current location: 210C Firearms creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: Spain, late 18th-early 19th century technique: cowhorn, incised department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Arms & Armor type: Arms and Armor find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.); Overall: 26.4 cm (10 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 Schott and O'Shaughnessy sale (1918); cat. #733. 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. --- 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. 159, F52; Reproduced: Plate XXXVI, F52 url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n233 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.66/1918.66_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.66/1918.66_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.66/1918.66_full.tif