Object Image

Beaker with cover

Monogram F A R is probably that of Fridricus Augustus Rex (1670–1733), surnamed The Strong, who was Frederick Augustus I as Elector of Saxony and was elected King of Poland as Augustus II in 1687.

Credit: Munsey Fund, 1927...

c. 1730
Zwischengold glass
17.1 x 7.6cm
27.185.138a, b
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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