Gun-powder flask
WB.14
1525–75 •
Iron damascened with gold •
gunpowder-flask
Curator's Description
Mount of a powder-flask; triangular; iron damascened with gold and pierced; decoration of arabesques and festoons, enclosing figures, cornucopiae and a bird and dolphin; in middle of frame is crowned monogram in relief; nozzle has pair of busts with scrolls.
This object was collected by Anselm von Rothschild and bequeathed to the British Museum by Ferdinand Anselm Rothschild.
Made In!
Italy
(North)
Florence (?)
What is it?
Made Of
Techniques
chased damascened pierced relief
Subjects
How big is it?
23.5 cm wide, 24 cm high, 1.5 cm deep, and it weighs 256g
Detailed Curatorial Notes
Provenance: Baron Anselm von Rothschild, Vienna, between 1866 and 1872 (cat no. 518), by inheritance to his son Baron Ferdinand Rothschild (d. 1898).
Bibliography
- Charles Hercules Read, 'The Waddesdon Bequest: Catalogue of the Works of Art bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, M.P., 1898', London, 1902, no. 14
- O.M. Dalton, 'The Waddesdon Bequest', 2nd edn (rev), British Museum, London, 1927, no.14.
- Read 1902: Read, Charles Hercules, The Waddesdon Bequest. Catalogue of the Works of Art Bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, M.P., 1898, London, BMP, 1902
- Dalton 1927: Dalton, Ormonde Maddock, The Waddesdon Bequest : jewels, plate, and other works of art bequeathed by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild., London, BMP, 1927