IDENTIFIERS
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id:	29487
accession number:	C.6 & A-2001

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 18 December 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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'.
title:	tankard

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Hext, Trenarren, St Austell, Cornwall; John Hext, Exeter; his widow, Jean M. Hext.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Bequeathed by Mrs Jean M. Hext

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29487


SUBJECTS
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flag
arms
tower
flag
arms
tower



TECHNIQUES
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tin-glazing

CATEGORIES
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category: tin-glazed earthenware
category: English delftware
category: drinking vessels

DATING
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creation date:	1660 - 1660
creation date earliest:	1660
creation date latest:	1660
culture:	17th Century, Mid#
culture:	Charles II

CREATORS
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maker: Pickleherring Pottery

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 26.9

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 15.6



CITATIONS
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The Fitzwilliam Museum Biennial Review 2000-2002
Recent acquisitions (1995-2004) at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum
Book Review: Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum
Walford's County Families of the United Kingdom
Alumni cantabrigienses: a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900
Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
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