Powder Flask

German, Saxony

c. 1620/30

Medium
Walnut, mother-of-pearl, and iron, with gilding
Classification
Arms
Dimensions
Flask: 24.2 × 10.8 × 4.5 cm (9 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 1 3/4 in.); Rope: 58.5 × 2 × 1.3 cm (23 × 3/4 × 1/2 in.)
Culture
Germany
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Applied Arts of Europe
Credit line
George F. Harding Collection
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago