Tankard
ca. 1765 (made), ca. 1770 (painted)
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Tankard of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and mounted in pewter. Cylindrical with a scroll handle. Painted with a bouquet and sprigs of flowers. The pewter mount has a border of spiral gadrooning, a thumb-piece, and engraved with a bee-hive between the initials 'A.F' above a dolphin, all within a wreath of foliage.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and mounted in pewter |
| Brief description | Tankard of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and mounted in pewter, Nymphenburg porcelain factory, Nymphenburg, ca. 1765, and painted outside the factory by a Nymphenburg-trained painter ca. 1770 |
| Physical description | Tankard of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and mounted in pewter. Cylindrical with a scroll handle. Painted with a bouquet and sprigs of flowers. The pewter mount has a border of spiral gadrooning, a thumb-piece, and engraved with a bee-hive between the initials 'A.F' above a dolphin, all within a wreath of foliage. |
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| Production | Painted outside the factory by a Nymphenburg-trained painter ca. 1770 |
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| Accession number | C.2-1929 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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