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Flagon

John Acton (English (London), working 1595, died 1638)

1607–08

Object PlaceLondon, England

Medium/TechniqueSilver gilt

DimensionsH. 30.4 cm (11 15/16 in.); W. 20.1 cm (7 15/16 in.); Diameter (of foot) 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); Weight 1219.1 gm (39 oz 4 dwt)

Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour

Accession number56.1184

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ClassificationsSilver

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsScratched on base, 30 oo; xxxix oz half...ProvenanceMay 18, 1898, anonymous sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, lot 138, to Wells for £461. The Earl of Kilmorey (probably Francis Charles, 3rd Earl, b. 1842 - d. 1915); July 13, 1926, Earl of Kilmorey estate sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, lot 95, to Walter H. Willson, Ltd., London, for £1,040. Mrs. F. H. Cook; June 14, 1934, Cook sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 151, sold for £1,000 to William Permain, London, for William Randolph Hearst (b. 1863 - d. 1951), St. Donat's Castle, Wales; December 14, 1938, Hearst sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, lot 96, to Sotheby's for £999. 1946, with James Robinson, New York. 1956, Thomas Lumley, Ltd., London; 1956, sold by Lumley to the MFA for £2,250 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: December 13, 1956)

Notes:

[1] MFA object numbers 56.1183 and 56.1184 were purchased together.