Object Image

Beaker with cover

Unknown Artist

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 7.6 cm

27.185.138a, b

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