The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025
Lot 333
A SMALL PEWTER BEEFEATER FLAGON
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £819
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Description
A SMALL PEWTER BEEFEATER FLAGON
POSSIBLY WEST COUNTRY, C.1680
maker ‘IP’, (possibly PS 7613), having a straight-sided drum with usual form of lid, a five-lug hinge and 'swan neck' handle with spade terminal, the base inset slightly from the foot rim, allowing the concave upper foot and most of the ovolo moulded base to form part the interior, notable distinguished feature of a rare plume style thumbpiece unusually cast to both sides
capacity 42.8 fl oz. 23.5cm high
Provenance
The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.
Literature
A similar, but larger flagon, described ‘Journal of the Pewter Society’, Autumn 2012 & Spring 2013. Illustrated and described ‘Journal of the Pewter Society’, Autumn 2024. A printed exhibition label to the underside of the lid referring to an unidentified Church Congress Exhibition.