Powder Flask

CultureSaxon

Dateca. 1590

MediumWood, fabric, gilt-copper, iron, silk, and gilt-wire

DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 × 7 × 2 inches (26.67 × 17.78 × 5.08 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: the Lillian M. Diveley Fund

Object number2016.64.2

On View

Not on view

Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionA triangular shaped wooden box covered with black fabric and encased in gilt-copper panels piece red and engraved with scrollwork within an imbricated leaf border. The face panel displays a cartouche filled with a coat of arms. The top is an engraved tapering nozzle, with a cap suspended from a chain. There are six rings on the sides with gilt-wire wrapped braided cord and two matching tassels.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Churfürstliche Guardie: Die sächsischen Kurfürsten und ihre Leibgarden im Zeitalter der Reformation, Schloss Hartenfels, Torgau, Germany, May 16, 2012-October 31, 2013, no. 27.

Provenance

The Prince Electors of Saxony, Dresden;

Purchased from Peter Finer by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

Published References

Yvonne Fritz et al., Churfürstliche Guardie: Die sächsischen Kurfürsten und ihre Leibgarden im Zeitalter der Reformation, exh. cat. (Dresden: Sandstein, 2012).

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