Priming Flask Made for Prince-Elector August I of Saxony (reigned 1553–86)
Object type: Priming flask
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: German, probably Saxony
Date: 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
Geography:    probably Saxony   
Credit line: Gift of Bernice and Jerome Zwanger, 2008
Accession year: 2008