Flagon
date: label: date made
content: 1763
notes: label: Description
content: Tapered cylindrical, lidded and spouted flagon or pichet on a flared base. Friction-fit, incised, flat lid with ridged heart-shaped cover over the inset, V-shaped, curvilinear spout. S-scroll strap handle with stepped thumb rest and ball-and-disk lower terminal; thumb piece broken off. Five-knuck hinge with blind hinge lug. Interior with plouk or pimple below rim indicating capacity level. Top of lid stamped with a crown over "1763" and "MH". Underside of flat bottom is struck with a barred pointed shield bearing three imperial crowns; wrigglework engraved "JAS" over a branched motif; and inscribed "42/1243", "6p-" and "50". Bottom inside is struck with four marks arranged in a circle, three crowned and one calligraphic letter.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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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.311684
label: catalog number
content: 311684
label: accession number
content: 64443
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flagon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 4 1/8 in x 2 5/8 in; 9.525 cm x 10.4775 cm x 6.6675 cm