Flagon (one of a pair), Attributed to Richard Blackwell II (British, active ca. 1646–1670), 1646–47, British, London, Silver gilt, Overall (confirmed): 14 × 9 1/4 × 7 1/4 in., 58 oz. 18 dwt. (35.6 × 23.5 × 18.4 cm, 1.8 kg), Metalwork-Silver, Attributed to Richard Blackwell II (British, active ca. 1646–1670), These wine flagons bear the mark of a silversmith who supplied many prominent Royalist and high-church clients during the turbulent period of the Civil War. For the sensitively chased floral ornament here, he must have employed a Dutch or Netherlandish artist
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Flagon, pair, Attributed, Richard Blackwell II, British, active ca, 1646–1670, 1646–47, London, Silver gilt, Overall, confirmed, 14, 9 1/4, 7, 58 oz, 18 dwt, 35.6, 23.5, 18.4 cm, 1.8 kg, Metalwork-Silver, Attributed to Richard ca., wine, flagons, bear, mark, silversmith, supplied, prominent Royalist, high-church clients, turbulent period, Civil War, sensitively chased, floral, ornament, must, employed, Dutch, Netherlandish artist
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