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Flagon
John Noyes (American, 1674–1749)
1711
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 30.5 x 10.8 x 15.9 cm (12 x 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Benevolent Fraternity of Churches
Accession Number13.404
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 93
DescriptionCylindrical body, moulded bands at top & bottom, curved base. Flat moulded cover, turned finial, cusped purchase, scroll handle.
Marks
IN fleur-de-lis below inscription in shield.
InscriptionsEngraved "This belongs to the Church in Brattle Street 1711" in foliated panel.
ProvenanceAbout 1711, Brattle Street Church, Boston, which became the Church in Brattle Square; May 28, 1906, lent by the Church in Brattle Square, Boston to MFA; church dissolved by 1913; 1913, gift of the Benevolent Fraternity of Churches to the MFA. (Accession date: March 6, 1913)