A massive English stoneware flagon, dated 1723, the base set with a tap aperture, incised 'Hen Hosey

A massive English stoneware flagon, dated 1723, the base set with a tap aperture, incised 'Hen Hosey 1723' above an applied plaque of a winged female figure or angel, 45cm.

Provenance: from the collection of the late Jonathan Horne.

A Henry Hosey of Aldgate is listed as marrying Lydia Johnson on 15th October 1706. He is mentioned in the records of the Old Bailey in 1721 as the victim of the theft of a black gelding. He may well have been a publican in the City of London.

ADDITIONAL: Since the catalogue was published it has been discovered that the Hosey family were proprietors of the Angel Inn in Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire. John Hosey is recorded there in the mid 17th century; a will for Samuel Hosey (innkeeper) is dated 1714, and Henry Hosey is recorded in a sale to Richard Bullock dated 1733. Almost certainly this flagon relates to the Angel Inn at Colnbrook.