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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Tankard

1902 (designed), ca. 1903 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tankard of globular form with short neck, on three feet. Angular and chamfered pewter lid with prominent thumb rest.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware, cast body, with applied decoration and feet, painted in blue, pewter lid
Brief description
Tankard, salt-glazed stoneware, designed by Richard Riemershmid, 1902, made by Reinhold Mekelbach pottery, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany
Physical description
Tankard of globular form with short neck, on three feet. Angular and chamfered pewter lid with prominent thumb rest.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.1cm
  • Width: 15cm
  • Depth: 12cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • '-0.5L' (impressed on neck)
  • '1757B' (impressed on underside)
Production
The pewter lid is standard Merkelbach production and not designed by Riemerschmid.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000
Collection
Accession number
C.34-1990

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2003
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