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Tankard
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This tankard's most distinctive feature is the unusually complex lid with three arches supporting a central finial. Equally elaborate is its Baroque scrolled handle. The decoration in opaque and painted filigree enamel is raised over a finely textured gilt surface. Each of the three sections of the body, defined by vertical bands, contains a medallion showing multicolored peacocks and a tree of life, large leaves, and blossoms. Interspersed in the surrounding interlace, are four exotic creatures: birds with combs, dove-like birds, rabbits, and quadrupeds, most likely tigers. The predominant colors include three shades of blue, turquoise, green, violet, and white with foiled red and foiled orange highlights. In addition, significant portions of interlace are black.
Inscribed on the base of the tankard: Andenken / Neapel / 1880 (Memory of Naples, 1880)
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
Geographies
Russia, Moscow (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 8 1/4 x W (with handle): 6 15/16 x D: 4 11/16 in. (21 x 17.6 x 11.9 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.737