ANTIQUE ENGLISH PEWTER CHURCH FLAGON BY JOHN ...

Item Ref
P-180

Description:
English pewter church flagon with tapering drum body, low fillet and a large flared foot, large scroll handle with heart shaped thumbpiece. Makers hallmarks to the top of the lid, clear touch mark dated 1662 to the inside of the base. Initials to back of thumbpiece.
Circa 1680.
These flagon were for communion use in Churches.

Condition:
Excellent condition with a lightly polished silver grey finish and some small traces of light oxide.

Repairs: it would appear that the top handle has been re-attached to the body and the lid re-attached to the hinge at some point in the flagons life.

Size:
Height to top of thumbpiece: 10.00 in (25.00cm).
Base diameter: 6.50in (16.5cm).

Pewterer's reference number:
Pewter Society: - PS85.
Cotterell: Old Pewter: Its Makers and Marks - OP5016.

Shipping costs:
UK: £15.00
Europe: £30.00
USA/Canada: £50.00
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£1,950
| $2,601 USD | €2,318 EUR

ANTIQUE ENGLISH PEWTER SPIRE FLAGON BY JOHN ...

Item Ref
P-078

Description:
A large spire flagon by John Newham of London, England; who worked 1699 - 1733. The flagon is inscribed to the front with a star (sun) containing IHS and a cross; under this is inscribed Kilsby 1726. Kilsby is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England. It is situated a short distance south of the border with Warwickshire approximately five miles southeast of Rugby.
The flagon has a tapering cylindrical body on a large flared foot. There are bands of ovolo moulding just above the foot and also just below the upper handle terminal. The flagon has a double dome lid toped with a finial, it has an upright scroll thumbpiece. The handle is of a swan neck form.
There are a partial set of makers hall marks and a touch mark inside the base.
These flagon were for communion use in Churches.

Note: A smaller version of this flagon is held in the collection of The Worshipful Company of Pewterers, and published as item number 114 of their collection.

Condition:
Excellent condition with a polished silver grey finish and some small traces of light oxide.

Repairs: There are no repairs that I could detect.

Size:
Height to top of finial: 15.00 in (38.20cm).
Base diameter: 7.25in (18.4cm).

Capacity: To be confirmed.

Weight: 2627 grams.

Pewterer's reference number:
Pewter Society: - PS6728.
Cotterell: Old Pewter: Its Makers and Marks - OP3372.

Shipping costs:
UK: £15.00
Europe: £30.00
USA/Canada: £50.00
Other countries: Please ask.

Stock number: P-078.
SOLD

ANTIQUE ENGLISH PEWTER SPIRE FLAGON BY INGRAM ...

Item Ref
P-077

Description:
A spire flagon of tall slender form by Ingram & Hunt of Bewdley, England; who worked 1778-1807. The flagon has a tapering cylindrical body on a flared foot. There are incised bands just above the foot. The flagon has a double dome lid topped with a finial, it has a open chair back thump piece. The handle is of a triple scroll form with a fish tail terminal.
There are a partial set of makers hall marks to the left of the handle.
Note: An almost identical example is published as plate 27, in Provincial Pewterer's by Homer & Hall, dated as late 18th century.
There is also an example published on the Pewter Society website as ware number 3804.
These flagon were for communion use in Churches.

Condition:
Excellent condition with a polished silver grey finish and some small traces of light oxide.

Repairs: There are no repairs that I could detect.

Size:
Height to top of finial: 14.50 in (38.20cm).
Base diameter: 6.00in (15.2cm).

Capacity: To be confirmed.

Weight: 1740 grams.

Pewterer's reference number:
Pewter Society: - PS5094.
Cotterell: Old Pewter: Its Makers and Marks - OP5708.

Shipping costs:
UK: £15.00
Europe: £25.00
USA/Canada: £40.00
Other countries: Please ask.

Stock number: P-077.
SOLD