Tankard with roundels showing flowers and allegorical figures of Justice and Strength

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Tankard with roundels showing flowers and allegorical figures of Justice and Strength

c. 1680; lid dated 1682

Artist/maker unknown, German

The underside of the lid of this tankard and of the adjacent one bear the touchmark of the Dippoldiswalde pewterer Christian Köhler.

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Object Details

Title:

Tankard with roundels showing flowers and allegorical figures of Justice and Strength

Date:

c. 1680; lid dated 1682

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, German

Medium:

Stoneware with slip and painted enamel decoration; pewter lid and foot

Dimensions:

Height: 6 9/16 inches (16.7 cm) Diameter: 5 5/8 inches (14.3 cm)

Classification:

Containers

Credit Line:

Bequest of Harry J. Abbott, 1914

Accession Number:

1914-51

Geography:

Made in Annaberg, Saxony, Germany, Europe or made in Dippoldiswalde, Saxony, Germany, Europe

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