The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025
Lot 432
A CHURCH PEWTER FLAGON
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000
Inc. Buyers Premium
Description
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.