A CHURCH PEWTER FLAGON

A CHURCH PEWTER FLAGON

IRISH, C.1780

probably by John Heaney, Dublin, (fl. c.1767-1807) with several measurements and design features identical to other examples marked by this maker, engraved ‘Stewartstown’ to the drum front, with a wide spreading foot, a double dome-lid with triple concentric incised lines to centre, sweeping handle with incurving ‘swan’s neck’ to upper attachment and a spout with attractive detailing at its lower end, good ‘witness’ marks to back of bold scroll thumbpiece and upper handle, good turning marks under the base, and ‘scraping’ marks inside handle and under terminal

65 fl oz capacity. 29cm high

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

Catalogue Note

Stewartstown is in County Tyrone, now Northern Ireland.