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On display at V&A South Kensington
Europe 1600-1815, Room 7, The Sheikha Amna Bint Mohammed Al Thani Gallery

Tankard

ca. 1650-1657 (made)
Artist/Maker
Ritter, Christoph (III) (made)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (made)



Object details

Object type
Tankard
Materials and techniques
silver-gilt, chased and cast
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.5cm
Style
Baroque
Marks and inscriptions
  • Nuremberg Hallmark, Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst 1541-1868. 2 vol., Nuremberg (Verlag des Germanischen Nationalmuseums) 2007, BZ19
  • maker's mark Christoph III Ritter, Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst 1541-1868. 2 vol., Nuremberg (Verlag des Germanischen Nationalmuseums) 2007, MZ0730
  • With the arms of the Nuremberg patrician families Welser and Schlüsselfelder, and dated 1664
Production
Date according to documented period of use of hallmark.
Subjects depicted
Flower (Ornament)
Fruit
Caryatids
Bibliographic reference
Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst 1541-1868. 2 vol., Nuremberg (Verlag des Germanischen Nationalmuseums) 2007, vol. 1/I. p. 347, no. 5. with further references.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.35-1960

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Record createdMarch 27, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O211476/tankard-ritter-christoph-iii/
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