Powder Flask and Wheellock Spanner Made for the Bodyguard of the Prince-Elector of Saxony

German, Saxony

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 375

This flask formed part of the equipment of the guard (Trabantenleibgarde) of the Elector of Saxony. The trapezoidal body is made of wood, mounted with gilded brass, pierced and engraved. It retains its original suspension cord and tassels, and attached whellock spanner. The central cartouche is engraved with the arms of Saxony and the Archmarshalship of the Holy Roman Empire.

Powder Flask and Wheellock Spanner Made for the Bodyguard of the Prince-Elector of Saxony, Brass, gold, steel, wood, velvet, gold-threaded cord, German, Saxony

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