Flagon
Object Details
- Description
- Pot-bellied flagon or pichet with a double-acorn thumb piece and scroll-tip wedge extension burnt to the overhanging, heart-shaped, pouted lid. Plain, slightly flared rim and incised, flared base. Strap handle with short square terminal; hinge pin domed on one end and impressed with bullseye on the other. Dotted punchwork letter "I" or "H" (sideways) on outside of lid and "BH" on face of handle. Neck stamped below front lip with a crowned "C" indicating common quality pewter.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Constance Dwan Wylie (Walker Gill Wylie Collection)
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- mid 18th century
- ID Number
- DL.67.0260
- catalog number
- 67.0260
- accession number
- 250853
- Object Name
- measure
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 3/8 in x 5 3/8 in x 4 1/8 in; 21.2725 cm x 13.6525 cm x 10.4775 cm
- place made
- France: Normandy
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Record ID
- nmah_300174
