BY THE MAKER E.G., CIRCA 1634

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A CHARLES I PEWTER 'BUN-LID' FLAGON
BY THE MAKER E.G., CIRCA 1634
With typical shaped cover and pierced heart and bar thumbpiece, swan-neck handle and domed foot, the handle with touch (Cott O.P.5614A), the underside of the foot with a wriggle-work ownership mark of the letter 'W', some corrosion
33cm., 13in. to top of thumbpiece

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Lot Essay

These flagons are of a type well known to collectors, though rarely appear on the market. The unidentified maker E.G. specialised in these bun lid flagons. They were used for both domestic and ecclesiastical purposes ever since the 1603 Act which allowed the use of pewter in the communion service. For a group of five flagons in a range of sizes, four of which are by the maker E.G. see Peter Hornsby: 'PEWTER OF THE WESTERN WORLD', plate 654

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