Tankard
1761 (made)
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Tankard of salt-glazed stoneware, cylindrical with a grooved loop handle, and decorated with reliefs moulded and applied, and the upper half is covered with a mottled brown glaze, and on the front, flanked by trees, is a square panel with a relief of a drinking party, and to the right is an arched panel with two busts and the words 'Wee Three Loggerheads', and on the left is a house, and below is a mounted huntsman and hounds pursuing a stag and impressed with printer's type the name 'G. Ieffrey' and date '1761'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Salt-glazed stoneware, moulded and mottled |
| Brief description | Tankard of salt-glazed stoneware, cylindrical with a grooved loop handle, and made by the Fulham Pottery, Fulham, 1761. |
| Physical description | Tankard of salt-glazed stoneware, cylindrical with a grooved loop handle, and decorated with reliefs moulded and applied, and the upper half is covered with a mottled brown glaze, and on the front, flanked by trees, is a square panel with a relief of a drinking party, and to the right is an arched panel with two busts and the words 'Wee Three Loggerheads', and on the left is a house, and below is a mounted huntsman and hounds pursuing a stag and impressed with printer's type the name 'G. Ieffrey' and date '1761'. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | The drinking party is based on an engraving by William Hogarth entitled 'A Midnight Modern Conversation'. |
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| Other number | Sch. II 63 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:856-1885 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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