Ivory tankard in silver gilt mounts
Tankard
1662-1696 (made)
1662-1696 (made)
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Lidded tankards had been a popular form of drinking vessel across Northern Europe from the mid-sixteenth-century. Augsburg goldsmiths produced numerous examples with striking and fantastic ornament. The mounts on this tankard were made by Augsburg goldsmith Hans Heinrich Hering, but the carved ivory drum is the work of another artist, possibly Ulrich Herdtler, a Swiss pupil of David Heschler (1611-1667). The subject-matter of the decoration is inspired by the antique, and comprises a frieze of tritons (sea gods) and nereids (sea nymphs) amongst reeds and water.
Object details
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| Title | Ivory tankard in silver gilt mounts (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Ivory |
| Brief description | Tankard, ivory with silver gilt mounts, German (Augsburg), 1662-1696, mark of Hans Heinrich Hering. |
| Physical description | Tankard. Ivory drum, carved in relief with tritons and nereids, mounted in repoussé silver-gilt. |
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| Gallery label | TANKARD
German (Augsberg?); late 17th century
Ivory mounted in silver-gilt; the silver marks are perhaps those of Hans Heinrich Hering (d.1696)
Jones collection
Decorated with Tritons and Nereids
(1993 - 2011) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Jones |
| Object history | The mounts for the tankard are the work of Augsburg goldsmith Hans Heinrich Hering, who became a master goldsmith in 1662. Few of his works survive: Seling (1980, no. 1640 and 1994, p. 42) lists only a chalice and a cup in the form of a fish (made with the goldsmith Johann I Seutter) with his mark. Nothing is known of the early ownership of the tankard. In the nineteenth century it entered the collection of John Jones, who bequeathed it to the Museum on his death in 1882. |
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| Summary | Lidded tankards had been a popular form of drinking vessel across Northern Europe from the mid-sixteenth-century. Augsburg goldsmiths produced numerous examples with striking and fantastic ornament. The mounts on this tankard were made by Augsburg goldsmith Hans Heinrich Hering, but the carved ivory drum is the work of another artist, possibly Ulrich Herdtler, a Swiss pupil of David Heschler (1611-1667). The subject-matter of the decoration is inspired by the antique, and comprises a frieze of tritons (sea gods) and nereids (sea nymphs) amongst reeds and water. |
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| Accession number | 852-1882 |
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| Record created | July 24, 2008 |
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