Tankard
ca. 1580-1600 (made)
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Tankard of greyish fritware with a square handle, and painted in red, blue and green and covered with a clear glaze. Along the top and bottom are rows of niches containing ogee-shaped cartouches, which together with the spaces between the niches, are filled with a scale pattern.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Tankard, fritware, cylindrical with a square handle, painted in colours with a geometric design, Turkey (Iznik), ca. 1580-1600. |
| Physical description | Tankard of greyish fritware with a square handle, and painted in red, blue and green and covered with a clear glaze. Along the top and bottom are rows of niches containing ogee-shaped cartouches, which together with the spaces between the niches, are filled with a scale pattern. |
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| Object history | Purchased in Istanbul in 1897 from Mrs Alice Whitaker, daughter and heir of William Henry Wrench (1836-96). Wrench was British consul in the city when he died, and he had formed a significant collection of Ottoman and Iranian objects while in the consular service. For images of how Wrench displayed his collection in his home in the Pera (Beyoğlu) district of the city, see V&A: PH.331 to 334-1892. |
| Production | register |
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| Accession number | 329-1897 |
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| Record created | March 11, 2009 |
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