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Council Flagon

Council Flagon, 18th century

  • European

Pewter

  • Overall: 10 7/8 × 5 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (27.6 × 14 × 11.4 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Sidney Corbett, Jr., 1918

63.373

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Details

Mrs. Sidney Corbett, Jr.

1918-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Cotterell, H. H., R. M. Vetter and F. R. Hist. "European Continental Pewter," Antiques, vol. XIV, no. 5. p. 431 (fig. 173). Berling, Karl. Altes Zinn. Berlin: R. C. Schmidt and Co, 1920, p. 74, (fig. 47).

European, Council Flagon, 18th century, pewter. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Sidney Corbett, Jr., 1918, 63.373.

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