The William K. du Pont Collection: Important Americana from Rocky Hill
The William K. du Pont Collection: Important Americana from Rocky Hill
Very Rare Pewter Flask, Johann Christoph Heyne (1715–1781), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Dated 1757
Auction Closed
January 23, 10:36 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Very Rare Pewter Flask
Johann Christoph Heyne (1715–1781)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Dated 1757
Engraved Johan George Wentz 1757, with mark on underside of base.
Height 5 1/2 in. by Width 4 3/4 in. by Depth 2 in.
Pook and Pook Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania, The Collection of Lester and Barbara Breininger, November 12, 2011, lot 301;
Vernon Gunnion Antiques, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Vernon Gunnion Antiques, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
A Johan George Wentz landed in Philadelphia on September 30, 1754 from Rotterdam, Netherland on the ship Neptune (see Ralph Beaver Strassburger, Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Vol. 1, 1727-1775, (Norristown, PA: Pennsylvania German Society, 1934), p. 623). A related Heyne flask, dated 1776, is in the collection of the William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (see Eric de Jonge, “Johann Christoph Heyne Pewterer, Minister, Teacher,” Winterthur Portfolio, Vol. 4 (Winterthur, DE: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1968), p. 176, fig. 7).