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)

Iron-chiseler Master Thomas der Schwertfeger (possibly Thomas Rucker) German

ca. 1575

Not on view

This finely worked flask belongs to the same series as the flask nearby. In the center is a depiction of the Samaritan Woman at the Well, a story from the New Testament. The flask was seized by the Nazis from the collection of Baron Alphonse Mayer Rothschild (1878–1942) in Vienna in 1938 and restituted by the government of Austria to his heirs in 1949.

Artwork Details

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)
Iron-chiseler: Master Thomas der Schwertfeger (possibly Thomas Rucker) (German, active Augsburg, Vienna, and Dreseden, 1535–1606)
Date: ca. 1575
Geography: possibly Saxony
Culture: German, probably Saxony
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
Object Number: 2023.580.6
Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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