OLD (ANTIQUE?) COPPER FLAGON (?) HAS IRON HANDLE - ISLAMIC? ARTS & CRAFTS? OR ??
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Sorry, but I don't know exactly what this is, or where and when it was made. Or even what it is, though it looks as if it may have been some sort of flagon or similar? It obviously has some age about it, but how old? And where was it made? - Is from the Middle East? or North Africa? or is it European? Could it possible even be British and perhaps 'Arts & Crafts'? ... or what?? It stands slightly over eight inches high, and is about four inches across at its widest. The detachable top is a little less than three inches across. It looks handmade. The body is made from Copper (but with some little bits of what look like brass in it and I'm a bit puzzled about this?) The handle is made from Iron. It has been recently polished though there are still some light stains left on it. The inside of the body appears to have been 'tinned' though it is now somewhat stained, dirty, and slightly scratched, however the inside of the top has not been 'tinned' There are very obvious dents to the base (perhaps more obvious than the photographs show) and some smaller though obvious dents to the body. The rim of the lid has a small split (barely half an inch - you can see it in a couple of the photographs) and a specially made hole - perhaps it once had something to fit into this hole? Please study the photographs very carefully, and make up
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