Flagon
Category
Ceramics
Date
1680
Materials
Ceramic, Pewter
Measurements
299 mm (H)130 mm (Diameter)
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Standen House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 1213587
Summary
Blue and white Delft flagon, German (probably Frankfurt), c.1680. The neck has a floral decoration, while the body, which is white and spiralled, has a blue landscape scene with Adam and Eve depicted on one side and a biblical subject on the other. It rests on a pewter-edged spreading skirt foot and has a pewter lid with a spout and a bulbous-shaped thumbpiece.