a Renaissance pewter wine flagon, so-called ‘Pijpkan’, Netherlandish first quarter 17th century

the body of squat gourd-shape, turned with concentric rings, applied with hexagonal spout with hinged cover, the domed lid with double hinge, possibly replaced, moulded with turning and indistinct makers mark, a Tudor rose surmounted by the letter V, lightly scrolled strap handle engraved with an X,  the inside turned and applied with peg inside the neck, silver grey waxed patina

Literature:
Philips / Dubbe no. 23

Related Literature:
Dubbe 1978, p. 266

Beekhuizen 1998, fig. 53

Gaba-van Dongen 2005,  pp. 16-35

Boijmans 2005, no. 120