TWO MID 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH GILT METAL AND CRYSTAL GLASS CHURCH FLAGONS  in the Pugin Neo-Gothic style, each with scrolling handle and band of engraved text around the glazed body, with hinged lids on circular stepped feet, the larger inscribed 'GLORY BE TO GOD ON HIGH', the smaller inscribed 'TE LAUDAMUS TIBI BENEDICIMUS' 25cm and 28cm high (2) PLEASE NOTE: There is an inscription to the underside of the base of the smaller flagon indistinctly dated 1850. A flagon was used in both Protestant and Roman Catholic worship to hold the communion wine during Holy Communion. Museum Comparable: Although with ruby glass rather than clear glass, the Victoria and Albert Museum have a gilt bronze mounted church flagon by John Hardman Powell of similar form to the present two. He was the pupil and son-in-law of the influential architect A.W.N. Pugin, who promoted the Gothic as the true Christian style. Museum ref. M.39-1972.