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Tankard

ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Erbach im Odenwald (made)

This ivory tankard is carved with putti in a bacchic procession. The style is reminiscent of François Duquesnoy, but, like 206-1874, the carving is clumsy in places, and the ivory may have been carved in the nineteenth century in Germany, perhaps Erbach im Odenwald, where the ivory industry thrived at that date. The mounts would have been added in Britain.


Object details

Categories
Drinking
Containers
Accessories
Object type
Tankard
Materials and techniques
Carved ivory with silver-gilt mounts
Ivory
Silver-Gilt
Carving
Low Relief
Gilding
Brief description
Tankard, ivory with silver-gilt mounts, with putti in a bacchic procession, probably German (Erbach im Odenwald), ca. 1855, mounts added in Britain
Physical description
This tankard shows putti in a bacchic procession. A dog is shown carved in ivory around the metal knop of the lid. The mounts have an English hallmark of 1856.
Dimensions
  • Whole height: 17cm
  • Ivory drum length: 9cm
  • Of base with mounts diameter: 13.5cm
  • Whole object height: 19cm
Object history
Bought in 1874 from the Webb Collection.
Subjects depicted
Putti
Horses (Animals)
Dog
Summary
This ivory tankard is carved with putti in a bacchic procession. The style is reminiscent of François Duquesnoy, but, like 206-1874, the carving is clumsy in places, and the ivory may have been carved in the nineteenth century in Germany, perhaps Erbach im Odenwald, where the ivory industry thrived at that date. The mounts would have been added in Britain.
Associated object
206-1874 (Object)
Bibliographic references
  • Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1927-1929, Part II, p. 91
  • List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington, Acquired During the Year 1874, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition. London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., p. 16
  • Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013 p. 440
  • Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013, p. 440, cat. no. 478
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
207-1874

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Record createdSeptember 16, 2008
Record URL
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