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Pottery: Pickleherring Pottery (Probably)
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue, and a little red. There are several 'pinholes' in the glaze on the interior and exterior. Cylindrical with a loop handle which has a vertical depression, and a slight, stumpy kick at the lower end. The circular cover has a narrow sloping rim, a domed centre, and a mushroom-shaped knob. Inside there is a circular flange which fits inside the tankard. The front of the tankard is decorated with a circular castellated tower with an arched doorway and portcullis, which has on its pointed roof, a flag pole topped by a crown and cross, flying a flag with the arms of London, a red cross on a white ground. Below the tower are the initials 'C/T . H' over '1660'.
History note: Hext, Trenarren, St Austell, Cornwall; John Hext, Exeter; his widow, Jean M. Hext.
Bequeathed by Mrs Jean M. Hext
Height: 26.9 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2001-04-30) by Hext, Jean M.
Mid 17th century
Charles II
Production date:
AD 1660
: dated 1660
Probably made at the Pickleherring pottery in Southwark. It has a pair, C.1423 & A-1928
This tankard and cover were made for a couple whose surname began with C.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
Cover
Diameter 13.1 cm
Body
Inscription present: C/T H over 1660 in between the T and H is a star shape made up of six dots
Accession number: C.6 & A-2001
Primary reference Number: 29487
Entry form number: 153
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Tankard" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/29487 Accessed: 2023-06-01 23:56:11
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Accession Number: GR.14.1936
Accession Number: M.56-1961
Accession Number: C.146-2010
Accession Number: GR.151e.1907
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