A rare Queen Anne pewter ‘transitional’ flagon, circa 1705 ...

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£1,200 - £1,800

A rare Queen Anne pewter ‘transitional’ flagon, circa 1705

Having a tapering straight-sided body with high and low fillets, centred by the engraved initials ‘B’ over ‘W C’ and ‘I N’, along with the date ‘1713’, a flared skirt footrim and domed Beefeater-style lid with acorn-shaped knop, twin-lobed thumbpiece, touchmark to swan-neck handle of John Newman, London, (fl.1699-1733), (PS6729), and with shield terminal, height 31.2cm

Provenance: Former Frank Holt Collection. Sold Philips, Chester, 20 October 1998, Lot 56