Powder Flask

Unknown Artist

ca. 1730–40

Powder Flask by Unknown Artist

Medium

Tortoiseshell, brass, gold, steel

Dimensions

L. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm); Wt. 8.2 oz. (232.5 g)

Classification

Firearms Accessories-Flasks & Primers

Culture

Probably Austrian

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2004

Accession Number

2004.484

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