Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tankard
(Baroque Europe )
The pewter lid closed to prevent the escape of carbonation between sips. The decorative scheme, based on applied reliefs with busts of men and women in contemporary and antique costume set in rectangular frames, points to the workshops of the town of Creussen about 1600. The iron content of the clay reacts with the air to produce a characteristic brown color to which the salt glaze adds a lustrous, mottled sheen. There is an unidentified potter's mark of three crescents on the bottom.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Van Slyke [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1956, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 2017 | Uncertain Times: Martin Luther's Remedies for the Soul. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Germany, Creussen (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 6 11/16 × Diam: 4 5/16 in. (17 × 11 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. van Slyke, Jr., 1956
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.2087