Guild flagon

August Wegang the Younger German

late 19th century

Not on view

The date 1692 incised on this flagon is the probable date of the Bakers' Guild's founding.

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Title: Guild flagon
Maker: August Wegang the Younger (German, 1859–1946)
Date: late 19th century
Culture: German, Bautzen
Medium: Pewter
Dimensions: Height: 21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Pewter
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Ridgeley Hunt, in the name of W. C. Pell, 1907
Object Number: 07.24.1
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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