Title: Priming Flask Bearing the Monograms and Arms of the Prince-Elector August I of Saxony (reigned 1553–86) and  Anna of Denmark (reigned 1553–85)
Object type: Priming flask
Date: ca. 1575
Culture: German, probably Saxony
Medium: Iron, gold, silver, 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
Credit line: Gift of Bernice and Jerome Zwanger, 2008
Geography: Country of Origin  probably Saxony  Germany      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY