Tankard
ca. 1850 (made), 1856 (altered)
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This ivory tankard is engraved with putti and horses. The style of the ivory carving is reminiscent of François Duquesnoy, but, like Mus. no. 207-1874, the carving is clumsy in places, and the ivory was almost certainly carved in the nineteenth century in southern Germany, perhaps Erbach im Odenwald, where the ivory industry thrived at that date. The mounts would have been added in Britain.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved ivory with silver gilt mounts |
| Brief description | Tankard, ivory and silver-gilt mounts, decorated with putti and horses, probably Germany (Erbach im Odenwald), ca. 1850, the mounts were added in Britain |
| Physical description | This tankard shows putti and horses with one hunting dog around the drum, and two sleeping putti and bunches of grapes on the lid around a strange central decorative element reminiscent of auricular ornament. The upper rim of the mounts has an English hallmark of 1856. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | English hallmark for 1856 (on the upper rim of the mounts) |
| Object history | Bought in 1874 from the Webb Collection. |
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| Summary | This ivory tankard is engraved with putti and horses. The style of the ivory carving is reminiscent of François Duquesnoy, but, like Mus. no. 207-1874, the carving is clumsy in places, and the ivory was almost certainly carved in the nineteenth century in southern Germany, perhaps Erbach im Odenwald, where the ivory industry thrived at that date. The mounts would have been added in Britain. |
| Associated object | 207-1874 (Version) |
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| Accession number | 206-1874 |
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| Record created | October 29, 2004 |
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