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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tankard and Cover

1696 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tankard of stoneware with pewter cover, cylindrical; covered with a chocolate brown iron wash, painted in overglaze enamels with representations of the Holy Roman Emperor and Electors on horseback.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware painted in overglaze enamels; with peweter cover
Brief description
Stoneware tankard with pewter cover, Germany, Creussen, dated 1696
Physical description
Tankard of stoneware with pewter cover, cylindrical; covered with a chocolate brown iron wash, painted in overglaze enamels with representations of the Holy Roman Emperor and Electors on horseback.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.1cm
  • Diameter: 17.9cm
Collection
Accession number
1098-1853

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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