Tankard
ca. 1740 (made)
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Tankard of hard-paste porcelain. Cylindrical shape. Flattened loop handle with acanthus-moulded base. Painted in enamel colours and gold with a continuous mixed Dutch and oriental landscape with both European and oriental figures, above a band of checkered black and gold ornament.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Tankard, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1740. |
| Physical description | Tankard of hard-paste porcelain. Cylindrical shape. Flattened loop handle with acanthus-moulded base. Painted in enamel colours and gold with a continuous mixed Dutch and oriental landscape with both European and oriental figures, above a band of checkered black and gold ornament. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the Murray Bequest |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Accession number | C.127-1938 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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