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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tankard

1690-1712 (made), 1712 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The lid, inscribed on top "GZ" and chisel and the date "1712", inside of the lid has a mark with initials ICS and the date "1708" and the picture of a horse. Also two times a mark with the arms of Leipzig.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration, pewter mounts
Brief description
Tankard with pewter mounts and lid, tin-glazed earthenware, painted decoration in blue oriental floral pattern, Delft, 1690-1712, mounts dated 1712
Physical description
The lid, inscribed on top "GZ" and chisel and the date "1712", inside of the lid has a mark with initials ICS and the date "1708" and the picture of a horse. Also two times a mark with the arms of Leipzig.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 13.3cm
  • Height: 25.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '5'
  • 'GZ' with chisel (Inscribed on top of lid)
Gallery label
Tankard made Delft, Netherlands 1690-1712, the mounts dated 1712 Marks: '5' Inscription (op of the lid): 'GZ' with chisel Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration, pewter mounts 683-1898(16/07/2008)
Production
Made 1690-1712, the mounts dated 1712.
Bibliographic reference
The Hague. 1999. Appendix 1, 281 p.
Collection
Accession number
683-1898

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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