Tankard
ca. 1690 (made)
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Tankard, silver, parcel-gilt, embossed and chased, cast finial in the form of a swan, cast handle, the body of the tankard embossed with Christ and the woman of Samaria.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silver, parcel-gilt |
| Brief description | The sleeve is embossed with a scene representing Christ and the woman of Samaria and the lid has a swan finial |
| Physical description | Tankard, silver, parcel-gilt, embossed and chased, cast finial in the form of a swan, cast handle, the body of the tankard embossed with Christ and the woman of Samaria. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Upperside of rim of lid and on body on either side of thumbpiece: Maker’s mark for Christian Pichgiel (master 1681, died 1700), duty mark for Austria [Tardy 74] or Danzig 1810-24 [Tardy 328] |
| Gallery label | Silver Gallery:
This body of this tankard is embossed with Christ and the woman of Samaria, a scene from the New Testament (John 4). In the story Christ stopped at a well where he asked a Samaritan woman for a drink of water. She was astonished as the Samaritans and the Jews traditionally hated each other and avoided any contact. Jesus used the occasion to teach that 'Everyone who drinks the water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I shall give him will never suffer thirst anymore', an appropriate theme for a tankard. Unlike the practice with some German tankards, the decoration is embossed directly into the body rather than into a separate sleeve.(26/11/2002) |
| Credit line | Private Collection |
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| Bibliographic reference | Anna Frackowska, Gdansk Silver Tankards of the 17th and 18th centuries, Typology, Styles, Iconography, Warsaw, 2013, cat. no. XXV/5 as tankard with scenes from Jacob's Life. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | LOAN:MET ANON.9-1977 |
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| Record created | February 9, 2004 |
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