Wine Flagon (Stegkanne)
date: label: date made
content: 1777
notes: label: Description
content: Bulbous or pot-bellied spouted wine flagon or 'Stegkanne' with a five-lobed anthemion or shell thumb piece, an incised, flat-domed lid with acorn finial or knop and a molded pedestal base. Engraved on body "VEREHRET IACOB BVCHS" to left of handle and "IOHANNES ALLINBACH 1777" to right of handle, and on lower face of strap handle "ID + RC" flanked by hearts. Octagonal spout connects to neck by a strut shaped like an arm in puffed sleeve ending in a hand. Body has molded bands around rim and neck, and four grooves at shoulder, all flanked by pairs of incised lines. Handle has five-knuckle hinge, stepped thumbrest, and short terminal with rectangular attachment. Front outside of lid with effaced mark of a bear passant, tongue out, above an undecipherable letter. Underside is scratched with a hatchmark below "HC(?)" and is inscribed "SWISS".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Switzerland
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Miss Elizabeth S. Stevens
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.311698
label: catalog number
content: 311698
label: accession number
content: 64443
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flagon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in; 31.75 cm x 24.765 cm x 12.065 cm