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

Tankard

ca. 1570-1585 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug, fritware, cylindrical with flattened angular handle, painted under the glaze in red, blue and green with serrated leaves, sprays of roses, hyacinths and other flowers; around the top and bottom are narrow bands containing wavy stems with leaves


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed
Brief description
Tankard, fritware, painted in colours with flowers, Turkey (Iznik), ca. 1570-85.
Physical description
Mug, fritware, cylindrical with flattened angular handle, painted under the glaze in red, blue and green with serrated leaves, sprays of roses, hyacinths and other flowers; around the top and bottom are narrow bands containing wavy stems with leaves
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.9cm
  • Diameter: 11.43cm
Style
Object history
Purchased in Istanbul in 1897 from Mrs Alice Whitaker, daughter and heir of William Henry Wrench (1836-96). Wrench was British consul in the city when he died, and he had formed a significant collection of Ottoman and Iranian objects while in the consular service. For images of how Wrench displayed his collection in his home in the Pera (Beyoğlu) district of the city, see V&A: PH.331 to 334-1892.
Collection
Accession number
347-1897

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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