Tankard
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- Artist/Maker:
Stenglin, Philipp (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Silver, parcel-gilt, engraved and chased
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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).
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.
Place of Origin
Augsburg, Germany (made)
Date
ca. 1712-1715 (made)
Artist/maker
Stenglin, Philipp (maker)
Materials and Techniques
Silver, parcel-gilt, engraved and chased
Marks and inscriptions
Maker's mark of Philipp Stenglin (master 1693), town mark for Augsburg
Dimensions
Height: 14.20 cm, Width: 10.80 cm base, Width: 15.00 cm with handle
Object history note
Philipp Stenglin: master 1696, died 1744
Historical context note
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 The fine engraving and fine embossed floral ornament of the late Baroque are eventually superseded by the more abstract flat chased work of the Régence style.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)
Descriptive line
Silver, parcel-gilt, Augsburg, Germany, ca. 1712-15, mark of Philipp Stenglin
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
German Domestic Silver of the Eighteenth Century, Charles Oman, Pg.16, V&A 1965
Exhibition History
The Silver Galleries (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Labels and date
TANKARD
Silver, parcel-gilt
Augsburg, Germany, around 1712-15
Mark of Philipp Stenglin
1512-1855
Categories
Drinking; Metalwork
Collection code
MET
