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Flagon

about 1620
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware (possibly Germany or Low Countries) with silver mounts
DimensionsOverall: 28.6 × 17.8 × 13.2 cm (11 1/4 × 7 × 5 3/16 in.)
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession number67.1018
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
InscriptionsEngarved on underside of foot, 8oz 2 dwt 12 gr
ProvenanceSaid to come from the collection of Hollingworth Magniac (b. 1786 - d. 1867), Colworth House, Bedfordshire. 1967, John Hunt, London and Dublin; 1967, sold by Hunt to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 1967)
1696
1550–51
about 1740
about 1730–40
1730–40
about 1730–40
about 1730–40
1569–70
second or third quarter of the 14th century (?)
about 1700