Communion Flagon
date: label: date made
content: 1835
label: engraved date
content: 1835-01
notes: label: Description
content: Dome lidded, straight tapered spouted flagon with flattened ball knop, chairback thumbpiece and inset curved spout with fixed cover and pouring hole; engraved below spout in script "To the First Methodist Church / in Greenfield by David S Jones / Jan\y 1835". Banded rim, quadruple-reeded fillet on upper body and double-wide band above the flared base; slightly concave bottom with raised center. Thumbpiece is placed below the three-knuckle hinge on the plain, hollow, D-section, S-curve handle with pointed terminal; small oval attachment. Body perforated at spout. Struck once on bottom underside "I TRASK" in raised serif letters inside a rectangle.
label: Description
content: One of four pieces - a flagon, pair of chalices and baptismal bowl, 1986.0027.62-.65 - from the First Methodist Church of Greenfield, MA.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Beverly
label: place used
content: United States: Massachusetts, Greenfield
topic: label: Subject
content: Church
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Religion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Dr. Joseph H. Kler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0027.62
label: accession number
content: 1986.0027
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0027.62
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flagon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 3/4 in x 9 in x 6 in; 32.385 cm x 22.86 cm x 15.24 cm