looks and feels like a flask but!

hi all anyone tell me about this at all. tried to search for marks to no avail has a date of 77 on it you will be able to tell me more fairly large maybe pewter but what do I know chris

 

looks like pewter......maybe a holy water sprinkler ...

 

no holes in top but found another mark

 

Fascinating...

 

closer image of engraving

 

Hi Chris, I have found this file on this website. http://www.antiquearmor.com/274flask.html
Now unless this is the same one, finding an identical early flask makes me feel a little suspicious of its authenticity.

 

Annpan, I agree. I think this is a 19th century piece.
The crowned rose mark is Dutch, for tin/pewter. England also had a crowned rose mark for pewter, but with the characteristic British crown. Dutch tin has a higher tin content than English pewter.
In the 19th century the Dutch made many 'historic' objects, either copies, fakes, or fantasy. The fakes had older marks, like the crowned rose mark. The other marks are fake maker's and guild marks. The fakes are collectible, but not worth as much as a truly 17th century piece.
So I think this is an antique, but 19th century.
The determined looking gentleman on horseback could be Hollands 'Stadhouder' William III, known in Britain as king William of Orange, during the Franco-Dutch war, 1672-1678.
William III/William of Orange:

 

you've done well Annan found this after tour search looks like from the 80s so reckon that other seller is dreaming a bit

 

Thanks any if that's the case would the etsy seller be mistaken at all

 

Interesting, the seller lists it as dating from the 1980s.
The marks are not French, since it has a Dutch rose mark. I don't know of fake Dutch tin made in the 1980s, it wouldn't have been worthwhile anyway, since the Dutch antique tin market had hit a low around that time.

 

all this is very interesting and i love all the info its awesome
so in the end possibly a 19th century piece but one that multiple copies were made based on an earlier piece.
there was only 3 online the 795 dollars the antiquer wants correct me if I'm wrong if it was from 1677 wouldn't it be worth a lot more than that.
a couple on etsy but maybe misinformed that's why they sold and aren't available anymore.
chris

 

also one of the highest paid things I have bought at an op shop at 55 dollars did I waste my money at all

 

It's still decorative and if you like it then fine but if it's for re-sale then you might struggle a bit.

 

Chris, are those Aussie dollars? If so, it could be just about right.
Best to check the prices of similar tin/pewter items in your area.

 

yep Aussie dollars so probably 25 pounds roughly

 

And about 36 euros.

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/384577...-etain-pewter-decanter?show_sold_out_detail=1

https://www.etsy.com/listing/191448...ux-france-etain-pewter?show_sold_out_detail=1

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/pierre-deux-france-etain-pewter-flask-534043387

 

What do you expect, he was part German and part Scottish. He probably helped himself to a wee dram as well.
I like Hull, by the way.

 

Thank goodness I have some(?) self-restraint or I would have responded to Any Jewelry's post (#19) directly above.

Uh-oh, my "self-restraint" seems to be lacking this a.m.

With an up-front apology to Any Jewelry, I thought Any Jewelry was going to say "He probably helped himself to a wee as well." x 10