Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1916-1922
1954.164
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Flagon
Object name
Flagon
Date
1820-1860
Medium
Pewter
Dimensions
Overall: 14 1/8 x 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. ( 35.9 x 24.1 x 18.4 cm )
Description
Pewter flagon with hinged, stepped, and domed lid; open chair thumbpiece, capped scroll hollow handle with shield on end, tapering columnar vessel with girdle, circular spreading molded foot.
Credit Line
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number
1964.51
Marks
stamped: on base: "[FOGGATT]" in rectangle with small crown above
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
