a small pewter flagon, J. Alvazzi, Swiss 19th century

the baluster-shaped body with turned foot rim, turned with a band near the mouth, around the neck and the foot, applied with strap handle, cast with flowering scrolls, the twin acorn thumb rest with single hinge, the cover with pointed mouth struck with maker's mark, quality mark, the cover also engraved with the initials M.U.(?).P. and the date 1824, silver-grey patina