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
Rights
Public Domain