Tankard

Gallery 377a, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

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Tankard

1719-1720

Workshop of Michael Boult (English (active London), active 1713–1745)

The first tankards made entirely of silver appeared in the mid-sixteenth century. Their form, which might have originally imitated the shape of wooden barrels, remained much the same throughout the eighteenth century.

Gallery 377a, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

Object Details

Title:

Tankard

Date:

1719-1720

Artist:

Workshop of Michael Boult (English (active London), active 1713–1745)

Medium:

Silver

Dimensions:

8 x 8 3/16 x 5 7/8 inches (20.3 x 20.8 x 15 cm) Weight: 1 pounds 13 ounces, 12 ounces (822.15 x 340.2g)

Classification:

Containers

Credit Line:

Gift of Samuel Rea in memory of his friend, Charles Lanier, 1927

Accession Number:

1927-83-1

Geography:

Made in London, England, Europe

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Gallery 377a, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

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