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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tankard

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Place of origin

White porcelain tankard with hinged pewter lid. Painted in colours with a stag-hunting scene between borders of gilded ornament, and narrow gilded bands at lip and foot.


Object details

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Brief description
Meissen porcelain, painted with a hunting scene in the workshop of Franz Ferdinand Mayer, Preβnitz, mid-18th century, with replacement hinged pewter lid.
Physical description
White porcelain tankard with hinged pewter lid. Painted in colours with a stag-hunting scene between borders of gilded ornament, and narrow gilded bands at lip and foot.
Dimensions
  • To top of lid lever height: 21.6cm
  • To top of lid, not including lever height: 17.5cm
  • To top of ceramic tankard only not including lid height: 16.2cm
  • Width to handle width: 14.7cm
  • Diameter: 11.3cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Anne, Lady Winnington in memory of her father, Capt. Lawrence R.C. Drury-Lowe
Object history
Formerly in the collection of Capt. Lawrence Robert Charles Drury-Lowe (1883-1941), father of Anne Beryl Jane, Lady Winnington (1924/5-2017). The family home was Locko Park, Derbyshire.
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Collection
Accession number
C.35-2019

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Record createdMay 3, 2019
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