Priming Flask Made for Prince-Elector August I of Saxony (reigned 1553–86)
Unknown Artist
ca. 1575
Medium
Iron, gold, silk
Dimensions
H. 5 1/6 in. (13.5 cm); Diam. 3 1/2 in. (9 cm); Wt. 9 oz. (258 g)
Classification
Firearms Accessories-Flasks & Primers
Culture
German, probably Saxony
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Bernice and Jerome Zwanger, 2008
Accession Number
2008.638.1