Tankard
ca. 1750-1760 (made)
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Tankard of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded and with a silver cover attached. Cylindrical with a loop handle curved out below the lower attachment. On the front, in a frame of slight scrollwork in gold, is painted a young woman in a red dress seated by a tree with a unicorn. On each side is a bunch of large flowers hanging from a ribbon. Round the lip is a border of gilt scrollwork. Domed silver cover with bands of beading and cartouches in relief, and inset with a silver half-crown of King James II of England dated 1686, and with a thumb-piece in the form of a grotesque mask.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded and with a silver cover |
| Brief description | Tankard of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, gilded and with a silver cover, painted by F.F. Mayer in Pressnitz, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Meissen, ca. 1750-1760 |
| Physical description | Tankard of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded and with a silver cover attached. Cylindrical with a loop handle curved out below the lower attachment. On the front, in a frame of slight scrollwork in gold, is painted a young woman in a red dress seated by a tree with a unicorn. On each side is a bunch of large flowers hanging from a ribbon. Round the lip is a border of gilt scrollwork. Domed silver cover with bands of beading and cartouches in relief, and inset with a silver half-crown of King James II of England dated 1686, and with a thumb-piece in the form of a grotesque mask. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by J.A. Tulk |
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| Accession number | C.44-1956 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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