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Flagon

Mount maker Christopher Marx
ca. 1690
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 533
This flagon is decorated with a scene of Cupid with Ceres, goddess of Autumn, surrounded by a frame of large garden flowers.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Flagon
  • Decorator: Abraham Helmhack (1654–1724)
  • Mount maker: Christopher Marx (working 1687–1731)
  • Date: ca. 1690
  • Culture: German, Hanau with Nuremberg decoration
  • Medium: Tin-glazed earthenware; pewter mounts
  • Dimensions: H. 10-1/4 in. (26.0 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Lola Kramarsky, in memory of Siegfried Kramarsky, 1991
  • Object Number: 1991.149.10
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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