18TH CENTURY ENGLISH COMMUNION FLAGON
14 ½” TALL FLAGON, PROBABLY MADE IN BRISTOL ENGLAND, CIRCA 1780-90.THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY TALL FLAGON WITH TRIPLE HOLLOW SCROLL HANDLE, FISH TAIL TERMINAL WITH OPEN CHAIR BACK THUMB PIECE AND, DOUBLE DOME LID WITH ACORN FINIAL. IT ALSO HAS A UNIQUE CONVEX RAISED BASE REMINISCENT OF SAMUEL DANFORTH’S FLAGONS OF THE LATE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURY. THIS MOST LIKELY WAS AN AMERIVAN EXPORT PIECE. IT IS UNMARKED AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.