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Powder Flask

about 1720–35
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueTortoiseshell, silver
Dimensions17.5 x 7.3 x 2.5 cm (6 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 1 in.)
Credit LineArthur Tracy Cabot Fund
Accession number1993.68
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenanceWilliam Lygon, 8th Earl Beauchamp (b. 1903-d. 1979); June 18, 1973, sold, Sotheby's London, lot 156; Peter Finer, Ilmington, England (dealer), from whom purchased
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