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Flagon

1808
Made by James Howell (American, 1779–1855) Engraved by James Smither (American (born England), c. 1740–1829)
This ornate flagon is part of a group of ecclesiastical silver commissioned in 1808 by the congregation of Philadelphia’s St. John’s Lutheran Church as part of the furnishings for its new building.

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