Tankard
mid 18th century (made)
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Tankard of salt-glazed stoneware, cylindrical with a loop handle, and decorated with horizontal mouldings round the upper and lower parts, and between them are applied moulded reliefs, and the upper half is stained brown, and round the top, below a plain silver collar, added ca.1871, is incised 'On Banse downs a hair wee found thatt led uss all a Smoaking Round 1729', and on the front is a bust of Queen Anne between two Beefeaters, with trees and rosettes on either side, and below the bust on the front is the name 'Wm. Marsh', and below that is a huntsman on foot with his horn and hounds following a hare.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Salt-glazed stoneware, silver and moulded |
| Brief description | Tankard of salt-glazed stoneware, cylindrical with a loop handle, and decorated with horizontal mouldings round the upper and lower parts, made by John Dwight's Fulham Pottery, Fulham, mid 18th century. |
| Physical description | Tankard of salt-glazed stoneware, cylindrical with a loop handle, and decorated with horizontal mouldings round the upper and lower parts, and between them are applied moulded reliefs, and the upper half is stained brown, and round the top, below a plain silver collar, added ca.1871, is incised 'On Banse downs a hair wee found thatt led uss all a Smoaking Round 1729', and on the front is a bust of Queen Anne between two Beefeaters, with trees and rosettes on either side, and below the bust on the front is the name 'Wm. Marsh', and below that is a huntsman on foot with his horn and hounds following a hare. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | The image may be derived from a popular broadsheet 'The Hunting of the Hare', referring to Banstead Downs. |
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| Bibliographic reference | For more information see object information file in Ceramics & Glass Section office.
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| Other number | Sch. II 61 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:854-1885 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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