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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tankard

1730-1735 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug or tankard of hard-paste porcelain painted with black enamel 'Schwarzlot' and gilded. In the form of a barrel to which a small figure of a cooper holds a mallet and wedge, serving as the handle. The body of the barrel shows a wide horizontal band with a frieze of a country scene, a house, trees and two small figures, between two narrower bands with floral motives and scrolls. Horizontal hoops are gilded.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with black enamel 'Schwarzlot' and gilded
Brief description
Mug or tankard of hard-paste porcelain painted with black enamel 'Schwarzlot' and gilded, Du Paquier porcelain factory, Vienna, 1730-1735.
Physical description
Mug or tankard of hard-paste porcelain painted with black enamel 'Schwarzlot' and gilded. In the form of a barrel to which a small figure of a cooper holds a mallet and wedge, serving as the handle. The body of the barrel shows a wide horizontal band with a frieze of a country scene, a house, trees and two small figures, between two narrower bands with floral motives and scrolls. Horizontal hoops are gilded.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.77-1939

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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