Powder Flask with Bullet Box, Clock, Compass, and Sundial
Unknown
ca. 1570–1600 · Brass, gold, steel, glass · Arms and Armor
The flask is cast in relief with a scene of the Roman general Scipio storming the walls of New Carthage. The scene is based on a 1539 engraving by Georg Pencz (1500–1550) of Nuremberg.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1570–1600
- Medium
- Brass, gold, steel, glass
- Culture
- German, Augsburg or Nuremberg
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
