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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tankard

ca. 1725 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tankard of hard-paste porcelain. Cylindrical shape, with loop handle. Painted in enamel colours and lustre with oriental garden architecture, rocks, Indian flowers and insects.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and lustre
Brief description
Tankard of hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and lustre, possibly decorated by Johann Gregorius Höroldt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1725
Physical description
Tankard of hard-paste porcelain. Cylindrical shape, with loop handle. Painted in enamel colours and lustre with oriental garden architecture, rocks, Indian flowers and insects.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16cm
Credit line
Given by Sir Benjamin Faudel-Phillips, Bart.
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.599-1925

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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