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The flagon of the Prittlewell Prince, 7th century Flagon, Norfolk, 14th century; see Vanishing England Herod's feast, the Maastricht Hours (Brit. Lib. Stowe 17, fol. 138r), 1st quarter of the 14th century A feast where Samson meets Delilah (fol. 43r), Adonijah's feast (fol. 63v), a royal feast (fol. 71v), the marriage at Cana (fol. 168v), the Queen Mary Psalter (Brit. Lib. Royal 2 B VII), c. 1310-1320 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 Christie’s Sale 7523/Lot 75, French or Swiss pewter octagonal flagon, mid-14th century V&A M.74-1914, a cast pewter flagon, 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 Fol. 39r in the Comedies of Terence (BNF Latin 7907 A. fol. 39r), c. 1400-1407 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 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. 84r, 132v, 215v, 223v, 249r, 267v, 289v, 314r, 347v, 387r, 379v, 1432 Copper alloy flagon, 15th century A 15th century flagon Pewterers on fols. 29v (c. 1425) and 49r (1428), The Mendel Hausbuch Detail from The Birth of Mary, c. 1440-1450 February in a book of hours (PML M.358, fol. 2r), c. 1440-1450 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. The Works of Sir Thomas Malory (Le Morte d'Arthur) Detail from The Annunciation from an altarpiece in Vienna, c. 1460-1470 Avarice, Roman de la Rose (Douce 364, fol. 3r), 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 Christie’s Sale 7523/Lot 27, 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 Christie’s Sale 7523/Lot 28, an English pewter pear-shaped flagon, c. 1550 Detail from Melancolia in the Garden of Life by Matthias Gerung, 1558 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. GNM HG 5157, schleifkanne of the Carpenters' Guild of Breslau, 1483 Kunstgewerbemuseum Köln J 403, schleifkanne of the Bakers' Guild of Schweidnitz, 1498 (back, side) Dresden 6644, the schleifkanne of the clothmakers, 1549 (side, back, top) Kunstgewerbemuseum Köln J 506, schleifkanne, mid-16th century (closed) Kunstgewerbemuseum Köln J 140, schleifkanne made in Moravia in 1557 (back, side) Dresden 30324, the schleifkanne of the bricklayers and carpenters, 1564 (side, back, top) Pewter guild-flagon in pewter, c. 1575 V&A 927-1853, a pewter tankard made in Zittau by Paulus Weise, c. 1560; flagon of a butchers’ guild A schleifkanne marked with the Passau wolf and the year 1580 A flagon with engravings, 1597 Met 17.190.612, a silver-gilt flagon made in Germany in the late 16th century Met 17.190.616, a silver-gilt flagon (tankard) with cover probably made in Lübeck in the late 16th-early 17th century 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 Met 54.147.58, a flagon (schnelle) in salt-glazed stoneware with pewter lid, made by Hans Hilgers in 1573 Guild-flagon made in Vienna c. 1580 (back, top) Pair of flagons originally made for domestic use in England, c. 1587-1588 A pair of silver-gilt flagons (Met 68.141.142 & 68.141.143) with the arms of Sir Edward Coke and his first wife Bridget Paston, made in London in 1597-1598 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 Merrymakers at Shrovetide by Frans Hals, c. 1616-1617 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

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The flagon of the Prittlewell Prince, 7th century
Flagon, Norfolk, 14th century; see Vanishing England
Herod's feast, the Maastricht Hours (Brit. Lib. Stowe 17, fol. 138r), 1st quarter of the 14th century
A feast where Samson meets Delilah (fol. 43r), Adonijah's feast (fol. 63v), a royal feast (fol. 71v), the marriage at Cana (fol. 168v), the Queen Mary Psalter (Brit. Lib. Royal 2 B VII), c. 1310-1320
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
Christie’s Sale 7523/Lot 75, French or Swiss pewter octagonal flagon, mid-14th century
V&A M.74-1914, a cast pewter flagon, 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
Fol. 39r in the Comedies of Terence (BNF Latin 7907 A. fol. 39r), c. 1400-1407
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
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. 84r, 132v, 215v, 223v, 249r, 267v, 289v, 314r, 347v, 387r, 379v, 1432
Copper alloy flagon, 15th century
A 15th century flagon
Pewterers on fols. 29v (c. 1425) and 49r (1428), The Mendel Hausbuch
Detail from The Birth of Mary, c. 1440-1450
February in a book of hours (PML M.358, fol. 2r), c. 1440-1450

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.

The Works of Sir Thomas Malory (Le Morte d'Arthur)

Detail from The Annunciation from an altarpiece in Vienna, c. 1460-1470
Avarice, Roman de la Rose (Douce 364, fol. 3r), 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
Christie’s Sale 7523/Lot 27, 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
Christie’s Sale 7523/Lot 28, an English pewter pear-shaped flagon, c. 1550
Detail from Melancolia in the Garden of Life by Matthias Gerung, 1558

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.

GNM HG 5157, schleifkanne of the Carpenters' Guild of Breslau, 1483
Kunstgewerbemuseum Köln J 403, schleifkanne of the Bakers' Guild of Schweidnitz, 1498 (back, side)
Dresden 6644, the schleifkanne of the clothmakers, 1549 (side, back, top)
Kunstgewerbemuseum Köln J 506, schleifkanne, mid-16th century (closed)
Kunstgewerbemuseum Köln J 140, schleifkanne made in Moravia in 1557 (back, side)
Dresden 30324, the schleifkanne of the bricklayers and carpenters, 1564 (side, back, top)
Pewter guild-flagon in pewter, c. 1575
V&A 927-1853, a pewter tankard made in Zittau by Paulus Weise, c. 1560; flagon of a butchers’ guild
A schleifkanne marked with the Passau wolf and the year 1580
A flagon with engravings, 1597

Met 17.190.612, a silver-gilt flagon made in Germany in the late 16th century
Met 17.190.616, a silver-gilt flagon (tankard) with cover probably made in Lübeck in the late 16th-early 17th century
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
Met 54.147.58, a flagon (schnelle) in salt-glazed stoneware with pewter lid, made by Hans Hilgers in 1573
Guild-flagon made in Vienna c. 1580 (back, top)
Pair of flagons originally made for domestic use in England, c. 1587-1588
A pair of silver-gilt flagons (Met 68.141.142 & 68.141.143) with the arms of Sir Edward Coke and his first wife Bridget Paston, made in London in 1597-1598
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
Merrymakers at Shrovetide by Frans Hals, c. 1616-1617
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