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
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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
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culture:	Spain, late 18th-early 19th century
technique:	cowhorn, incised
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Diameter: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.); Overall: 26.4 cm (10 3/8 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

* The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"

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PROVENANCE

	Schott and O'Shaughnessy sale (1918); cat. #733.
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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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 159, F52; Reproduced: Plate XXXVI, F52
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n233

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