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Tankard
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Tankard
- Place of origin:
Norway (made)
- Date:
1750 - 1850 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Wood, carved and painted
- Credit Line:
Given by Ivor Ingleby
- Museum number:
W.62-1910
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This carved and painted tankard, with its hinged lid, is similar in form to metal tankards of the late 17th century. The carved version was probably made at least a century later and shows how strongly designs in the baroque style lasted in popular culture. It even survived into the 19th and 20th centuries in English traditions like that of painted buckets and water containers used on barges and in horse-drawn caravans. At the end of the 19th century, the collecting of folk art became popular, as nationalism became a widespread idea throughout Europe. Scandinavian carving and weaving were also greatly admired by those who supported the Arts and Crafts movement.
