The Orleans type pewter flagon with a sunken lid and handle. Thumbpiece with twin-acorn. Single-hinge. Marked on the outside bottom with the casters mark for:
PIERRE CASTERA (1693 - 1750) Pewter, silver and goldsmith in Orleans.
Literature simular item:
Museum Boijmans. Van tin gegoten, uit tin genoten. page 348 fig. 306c
Jan Beekhuizen - TIN uit Europese landen, Page. 55
Jan Beekhuizen - Schoonheid van het oude tin. Page 161, fig. 243.
Castersmark = Les orfevres d’Orleans Musée des beaux arts d’Orleans. Page 78.
France - Orleans
Circa 1740
Height: 21 cm. (8,3 inches.)
Diam. base: 13 cm. (5,1 inches.)
Weight: 1.374 grams.