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Tankard

1761 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tankard of salt-glazed stoneware, cylindrical with a grooved loop handle, and decorated with reliefs moulded and applied, and the upper half is covered with a mottled brown glaze, and on the front, flanked by trees, is a square panel with a relief of a drinking party, and to the right is an arched panel with two busts and the words 'Wee Three Loggerheads', and on the left is a house, and below is a mounted huntsman and hounds pursuing a stag and impressed with printer's type the name 'G. Ieffrey' and date '1761'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware, moulded and mottled
Brief description
Tankard of salt-glazed stoneware, cylindrical with a grooved loop handle, and made by the Fulham Pottery, Fulham, 1761.
Physical description
Tankard of salt-glazed stoneware, cylindrical with a grooved loop handle, and decorated with reliefs moulded and applied, and the upper half is covered with a mottled brown glaze, and on the front, flanked by trees, is a square panel with a relief of a drinking party, and to the right is an arched panel with two busts and the words 'Wee Three Loggerheads', and on the left is a house, and below is a mounted huntsman and hounds pursuing a stag and impressed with printer's type the name 'G. Ieffrey' and date '1761'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.6cm
  • Diameter: 12.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Wee Three Loggerheads'
  • 'G. Ieffrey' (Impressed on the side)
  • '1761' (Date impressed below a hound on the bottom)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
The drinking party is based on an engraving by William Hogarth entitled 'A Midnight Modern Conversation'.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 63 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:856-1885

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
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