Tankard
ca. 1718-1720 (made)
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This tankard is decorated in the delicate Régence style, a restrained fashion for silver wares that emerged in France in the late 17th century. 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, combines plain surfaces with delicately chased (hammered) and engraved Régence motifs: borders of strapwork (interlaced bands resembling leather straps), scrolls, fruits and lambrequins (draped cloths).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver-gilt, engraved and chased |
| Brief description | Tankard, gilded sliver, mark of Franz Thaddeaus Lang, German (Augsburg), ca. 1718-1720 |
| Physical description | Covered tankard with hinged lid with engraved and chased strapwork on join between body and base, below rim and on lid; cast handle and cast shaped finial on lid. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Underside of tankard and rim of lid, on either side of thumbpiece: maker's mark of Franz Thaddeaus Lang and town mark for Augsburg for 1718-20 |
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| Object history | Purcase - J. Webb Collection - (£40) Inside the lid there is an colourful enamelled medal painted with a coat of arms (presumably origional) bearing the nams M: EVPHEMIA Ceberg. |
| Production | Franz Thaddeaus Lang (master 1719, assay master 1732 and 1748, died 1773) |
| Summary | This tankard is decorated in the delicate Régence style, a restrained fashion for silver wares that emerged in France in the late 17th century. 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, combines plain surfaces with delicately chased (hammered) and engraved Régence motifs: borders of strapwork (interlaced bands resembling leather straps), scrolls, fruits and lambrequins (draped cloths). |
| Bibliographic reference | German Domestic Silver of the Eighteenth Century, Charles Oman, Pg. 12, V&A 1965
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| Accession number | 238-1874 |
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| Record created | February 9, 2004 |
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