Flagon
This flagon is decorated with a scene of Cupid with Ceres, goddess of Autumn, surrounded by a frame of large garden flowers.
Artwork Details
- 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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