Skip to main content

Tankard: C.1545 & A-1928

An image of Tankard

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Alternative views

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: unidentified London pottery (Probably)

Entities

Categories

Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with an oriental landscape, flowers, and foliage

Buff earthenware, thrown, with applied handle and separate cover, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue. The body is cylindrical with a projecting base which is concave underneath, and an S-shaped handle which is rounded on the exterior and has a heart-shaped terminal. The cover has a high dome. The sides are decorated with an oriental style landscape with trees,flowering plants and a fence, with above a stylized pendant leaf border, and below an interlacing line border. The over is decorated with a central floral spray, a wreath of leaves, and a narrow border of interlacing lines.

Notes

History note: Bought at Puttick & Simpson by Mr S.G. Fenton, Cranbourn Street, London, who sold it for £7 on 15 May 1916 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 16.1 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, third quarter#
George II
George III
Circa 1755 CE - 1770 CE

Note

The form of the tankard is comparable to pewter and silver tankards of c. 1740-60

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
Body

Materials used in production

bluish-white Tin-glazing
buff Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1545 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 72195
Old object number: 4083
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 16 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tankard" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72195 Accessed: 2024-12-18 15:11:32

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72195 |title=Tankard |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 15:11:32|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-72195

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_1545_20_26_20A_1928_20_283_29.jpg"
        alt="Tankard"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Tankard</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...