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- The flagon of the Prittlewell Prince, 7th century
- Flagon, Norfolk, 14th century; see Vanishing England
- The marriage at Cana, The Queen Mary Psalter, 1310
- The splendid dishes (works of charity?) from the life and miracles of St. Louis (BNF Fr. 5716, fol. 187), 14th century
- Banquets on fols. 93v, 151, and 286v, Lancelot du Lac (BNF Fr. 122), 1344
- The fair at Lendit, The Pontifical of Sens (BNF Latin 962, fol. 264), 14th century
- French or Swiss pewter octagonal flagon, mid-14th century
- Flagon in cast pewter, England or France, second half of the 14th century
- An ape drafts wine, Pontifical of Guillaume Durand (Bibl. Sainte-Geneviève 143, fol. 172), before 1390
- Flagon, Göttingen, 14th-15th century (top, handle)
- Drypetina serves her father, De mulieribus claris (BNF Fr. 598, fol. 113v), beginning of the 15th century
- Wine-drinking in fols. 84v, 85, and 85v of the Tacuinum Sanitatis (BNF Latin 9333), 15th century
- Bacchus and his followers drinking, L'Epître d'Othéa (British Library MS Harley 4431, fol. 106), c. 1410-1411
- January in the Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, c. 1412-1416
- The hunters pause to dine, the Book of the Hunt of Gaston Phoebus (BNF Fr. 616, fol. 67), 15th century
- The Annunciation from a 15th century book of hours (British Library MS Stowe 21, fol. 39)
- Detail from January in the Book of Hours of Margaret d'Orléns (BNF Latin 1156 B, fol. 1), c. 1426
- The Decameron (BNF Arsenal 5070), fols. 215v, 314, 347v, 387, 1432
- Copper alloy flagon, 15th century
- A 15th century flagon
- Pewterers on fols. 29v (c. 1425) and 49r (1428), The Mendel Hausbuch
- The prophet Ezekiel, History Bible (British Library MS Add. 15410, fol. 263), c. 1440
- Detail from The Birth of Mary, c. 1440-1450
- February in a book of hours (PML M.358, fol. 2r), c. 1440-1450
- Detail from The Annunciation from an altarpiece in Vienna, c. 1460-1470
- February in a book of hours (PML M.1003, fol. 2r), c. 1465
- A wedding-feast, History of Renaud de Montauban (BNF Arsenal 5073, fol. 148), c. 1468-1470
- Detail from The Last Supper from an altarpiece in Vienna, c. 1469-1480
- Detail from St. Oswald giving alms, c. 1470-1475
- A banquet, History of Renaud de Montauban (BNF Arsenal 5072 Res.)
- Detail from the works of mercy of St. Elizabeth of Thuringia, from an altarpiece at Vienna, c. 1475-1485
- Drunkenness (fol. 26r) and gluttony (fol. 124r), Der Renner (PML M.763), last quarter of the 15th century
- Detail of an angel bringing aid to St. Katherine in prison by Friedrich Pacher, c. 1480-1483
- Detail from The Fish-Miracle of St. Ulrich from an altarpiece at Graz, c. 1480-1485
- Flagon with lions, c. 1480-1500
- Detail from The Birth of Mary on an altarpiece at Wels, c. 1490-1495
- Two presentation flagons (presentkan) from Ghent, c. 1491-1500: 690 and 691
- Archery Festival, 1493
- Detail from The Birth of Mary on the altarpiece at Mariapfarr, c. 1495-1505
- An English spouted flagon or ewer, c. 1500
- Pewter flagon, c. 1500 (side view)
- February, Hours of Henry VIII (Morgan MS H.8, fol. 1v), c. 1500
- Pewter flagon made in Antwerp in the first half of the 16th century
- Pewter flagon made in Mechelen in the 16th century
- An outdoor banquet by an artist in the circle of Cranach, c. 1500-1530
- Detail from The Birth of Mary from an altarpiece at Grafenegg, 1503
- The Last Supper by Francisco Henriques, c. 1508
- Detail from The Birth of Mary in an altarpiece at Seitenstetten, c. 1515-1520
- Detail from The Healing of the Paralyzed Woman in the Altarpiece of the Miracles of Mary at Graz, c. 1518-1522
- Flagon made in Nuremburg c. 1520
- A cupboard in the January section of the Augsburger Monatsbilder, 1520s
- A pewter jug, The Tudor Pattern Book (Ashmole 1504, fol. 3v), c. 1520-1530
- Flagon, 1524
- Family portrait by Maerten van Heemskerck, 1530
- Pewter flagon, 16th century
- Pewter flagon from the Mary Rose, 1545
- Flagon made in Lubeck c. 1546-1555
- An English pewter pear-shaped flagon, c. 1550
- Detail from Melancolia in the Garden of Life by Matthias Gerung, 1558
- Schleifkanne of the Carpenters' Guild of Breslau, 1483;
- Schleifkanne of the Bakers' Guild of Schweidnitz, 1498 (back, side)
- The schleifkanne of the clothmakers, 1549 (side, back, top)
- Schleifkanne, mid-16th century (closed)
- Schleifkanne made in Moravia in 1557 (back, side)
- The schleifkanne of the bricklayers and carpenters, 1564 (side, back, top)
- Pewter guild-flagon in pewter, c. 1575
- Pewter tankard made in Zittau c. 1560
- A schleifkanne marked with the Passau wolf and the year 1580
- A flagon with engravings, 1597
- Engraved flagon, Austria, second half of the 16th century
- Flagon dated 1553 (side)
- Flagon made in Tyrol in the second half of the 16th century (back)
- The Pewterer, Eygentliche Beschreibung aller Stände auf Erden, 1568
- Guild-flagon made in Vienna c. 1580 (back, top)
- Pair of flagons originally made for domestic use in England, c. 1587-1588
- The Leopard Flagon, made in London c. 1600-1601
- Silver-gilt flagon made in Hungary in 1605
- Pierre II or III Royaume pitcher made in Geneva C. 1609-1676
- Silver-gilt flagon and another silver-gilt flagon assayed in London and hallmarked 1610-1611
- Pewter flagon recovered from a well at Jamestown (detail of thumb piece), c. 1620s
- Serpentine flagon or tankard made in London in 1631-1632
- Pewter flagon made in England in 1639
- The Thirkleby Flagon, made in London in 1646-1647
- An interesting article on flagons from the canton of Valais in Switzerland in the 15th-18th centuries
Therefore go thou unto an hermytage of myne hereby and bere with the of my wyne in too flagons of sylver - they ar of two galons.
Schleifkannen
I'm not entirely sure what these are, or what their function is. Several seem to be identified with particular guilds. What makes them different from regular flagons are the presence of a spigot and three feet. Several also feature a figure on the lid.
