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Tankard
John Dwight's Fulham Pottery - Enlarge image
Tankard
- Place of origin:
Fulham, England (made)
- Date:
mid 18th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
John Dwight's Fulham Pottery (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Salt-glazed stoneware and moulded
- Credit Line:
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
- Museum number:
414:855-1885
- Gallery location:
World Ceramics, room 145, case 43, shelf 3
Physical description
Tankard of salt-glazed stoneware, cylindrical with a loop handle, and with decoration moulded in relief and applied, covered outside except near the base with mottled brown glaze, and round the middle is a hare-hunting scene, with two huntsmen, birds flying and perched on trees, and the sun, and small rosettes and lozenges are set in rows round the top and base, and along the middle of the handle, and between the reliefs are incised the words 'Southwell for Ever. C.W.M. 1739', and the edge is cut in a pattern of alternate serrations and arcs, and under the base is incised the name 'John Harwell'.
Place of Origin
Fulham, England (made)
Date
mid 18th century (made)
Artist/maker
John Dwight's Fulham Pottery (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware and moulded
Marks and inscriptions
'Southwell for Ever. C.W.M. 1739'
'John Harwell'
Dimensions
Height: 25.4 cm, Diameter: 17.8 cm
Descriptive line
Tankard of salt-glazed stoneware, cylindrical with a loop handle, and moulded, made by John Dwight's Fulham Pottery, Fulham, mid 18th century.
Materials
Stoneware; Salt glaze; Salt-glazed stoneware
Techniques
Moulded
Subjects depicted
Birds; Trees; Hounds; Huntsmen; Hunting scene
Categories
Ceramics; Stoneware
Collection code
CER
