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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Silver, Room 69, The Whiteley Galleries

Tankard

ca. 1712-1715 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Augsburg goldsmiths quickly adopted the Régence style from Parisian ornament prints and produced elegant designs of their own. This tankard, a common choice of gift in southern Germany, is decorated with delicately chased and engraved borders of strapwork, scrolls, fruits and lambrequins (draped cloths).


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver, parcel-gilt, engraved and chased
Brief description
Silver, parcel-gilt, Augsburg, Germany, ca. 1712-15, mark of Philipp Stenglin
Physical description
Covered tankard, with hinged lid, and engraved and chased strapwork on foot, lower and upper parts of body and on lid, cast handle, ball finial on lid.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.20cm
  • Base width: 10.80cm
  • With handle width: 15.00cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Maker's mark of Philipp Stenglin (master 1693), town mark for Augsburg
Gallery label
  • TANKARD Silver, parcel-gilt Town mark of Augsburg. Maker, Philipp Stenglin (master 1696, dies 1744) About 1720. 1512-1855.(Pre-2000)
  • TANKARD Silver, parcel-gilt Augsburg, Germany, around 1712-15 Mark of Philipp Stenglin 1512-1855
Object history
Philipp Stenglin: master 1696, died 1744
Historical context
BEAKERS AND TANKARDS
These beakers and tankards show how gradual changes in taste developed in South German silver from about 1690 to 1750. The fine engraving and fine embossed floral ornament of the late Baroque are eventually superseded by the more abstract flat chased work of the Régence style.
(Introduction to Case 13: SOUTH GERMANY 1700-1800)
Summary
Augsburg goldsmiths quickly adopted the Régence style from Parisian ornament prints and produced elegant designs of their own. This tankard, a common choice of gift in southern Germany, is decorated with delicately chased and engraved borders of strapwork, scrolls, fruits and lambrequins (draped cloths).
Bibliographic reference
German Domestic Silver of the Eighteenth Century, Charles Oman, Pg.16, V&A 1965
Collection
Accession number
1512-1855

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Record createdFebruary 9, 2004
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