Belt Carrier with Powder Flask and Pouch for Chargers

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early 17th century · Velvet, metallic thread, leather, boxwood, bronze, gold · Arms and Armor

This flask is of the type carried by the guard (Trabantenleibgarde) of the Elector of Saxony. Carved in relief with a pikeman dressed in early seventeenth-century costume, the boxwood flask retains its gilt bronze mountings as well as a velvet-covered chamois pouch, silk braided carrier, and belt hook. The pouch features three compartments for paper cartridges and additional pockets for bullets and buckshot.

Artist

Unknown

Date

early 17th century

Medium

Velvet, metallic thread, leather, boxwood, bronze, gold

Culture

German, Saxony

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Gift of Henry Walters, 1926