Tankard
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
(German, founded 1710)
CultureGerman
OriginMeissen, Dresden, Germany
Datec.1720; decorated in Augsburg, c.1730
MediumHard-paste porcelain with gilding; silver-gilt mounts
DimensionsOverall: 18.5 x 9.1 x 13.5 cm (7 5/16 x 3 9/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionBöttger Meissen tankard decorated in gold at Augburg with chinoiserie figures in a garden. The silver gilt cover is engraved with 4 profile medallions, and the central four-lobed panel is symbolic of Asia from the Continents with an interlaced serpent-headed thumbpiece.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.728
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
German Porcelain - HausmalereiStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Claudius Innocentius du Paquier Factory
c.1725; decorated in Vienna, c.1730-35
Object number: G83.1.744
Artist / Maker: Johann Joachim Kändler
c.1745-1755
Object number: G83.1.626
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1745
Object number: G83.1.627.1-.11
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1731; Mount made in Paris, 1731
Object number: G04.18.5
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
1711-1713, wheel-engraved armorial dated 1727
Object number: G83.1.564
