a good and rare Renaissance pewter flagon, so called "Pijpkan", Dutch Probably circa 1595

the body of squat gourd-shape raised on waisted foot rim, cast with peg, the neck enforced with bands, applied with straight, hexagonal spout with hinged cover, the domed lid with double hinge, scrolled strap handle, marked underneath the base and on the lid with an armorial shield charged with three eagles, inside of the lid struck with indistinct crowned Tudor rose maker's mark, also struck on the left side on the neck with proof marks for 95 and 98, black paint applied over rich grey varnish

Delft 1950, no. 323

Literature:
Philips / Dubbe no.56

Related Literature:
Dubbe 1978, p. 226, fig. 117

Beekhuizen 1998, fig. 7

Gaba-van Dongen 2005, pp. 16-35