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

Tankard

ca. 1680 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tankard of enamelled earthenware with a pewter cover and foot rim. Cylindrical, widening towards the base. Loop handle impressed with a mask at the lower end. Speckled blue enamel. Band of incised lines round the neck and another round the lower part of the body.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with pewter cover, impressed and incised
Brief description
Tankard covered with a cobalt-coloured tin glaze. With pewter lid. German, Lower Bavaria, about 1680.
Physical description
Tankard of enamelled earthenware with a pewter cover and foot rim. Cylindrical, widening towards the base. Loop handle impressed with a mask at the lower end. Speckled blue enamel. Band of incised lines round the neck and another round the lower part of the body.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.9cm
  • Diameter: 14.9cm
Credit line
Bought
Object history
Bought from Heigham & Co., London.
Formerly in the Gosford Castle collection.
Originally thought to be Austrian.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Register: Correspondance.
Collection
Accession number
C.419-1923

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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