Flagon
John Burt
(American, 1692/93–1745/46)
1722
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOverall: 35.9 x 25.5 cm, 1.77 kg, 19.1 cm (14 1/8 x 10 1/16 in., 3.9 lb., 7 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by a friend of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture and the Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund
Accession number1984.204
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
At least four flagons are known to have originated in the shop of John Burt. The two for the Marblehead church, seen here, were made in 1722. About one year later, Burt fashioned a flagon, a legacy of John Frizzell, for the Second Church in Boston. More than twenty years after that, he made another example for the New North Church of Boston.
This text has been adapted from "Silver of the Americas, 1600-2000," edited by Jeannine Falino and Gerald W.R. Ward, published in 2008 by the MFA. Complete references can be found in that publication.
