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
Artist:  Master Thomas der Schwertfeger (possibly Thomas Rucker) 
Artist bio: German, active Augsburg, Vienna, and Dreseden, 1535–1606
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Iron-chiseler
Medium: Iron, gold, silver, silk
Dimensions: H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); D. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Diam. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Wt. 10.7 oz. (303 g)
Classification: Firearms Accessories-Flasks & Primers
Credit line: Gift of Laird Landmann and Kathleen Kinney Landmann, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2023
Geography: Country of Origin  possibly Saxony  Germany      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY