IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 29487 accession number: C.6 & A-2001 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 18 December 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue, and a little red. There are several 'pinholes' in the glaze on the interior and exterior. Cylindrical with a loop handle which has a vertical depression, and a slight, stumpy kick at the lower end. The circular cover has a narrow sloping rim, a domed centre, and a mushroom-shaped knob. Inside there is a circular flange which fits inside the tankard. The front of the tankard is decorated with a circular castellated tower with an arched doorway and portcullis, which has on its pointed roof, a flag pole topped by a crown and cross, flying a flag with the arms of London, a red cross on a white ground. Below the tower are the initials 'C/T . H' over '1660'. title: tankard NOTES ----- type: history note value: Hext, Trenarren, St Austell, Cornwall; John Hext, Exeter; his widow, Jean M. Hext. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by Mrs Jean M. Hext STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29487 SUBJECTS ------------------- flag arms tower flag arms tower TECHNIQUES ---------- tin-glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: tin-glazed earthenware category: English delftware category: drinking vessels DATING ------ creation date: 1660 - 1660 creation date earliest: 1660 creation date latest: 1660 culture: 17th Century, Mid# culture: Charles II CREATORS -------- maker: Pickleherring Pottery DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 26.9 dimension: Width units: cm value: 15.6 CITATIONS -------- The Fitzwilliam Museum Biennial Review 2000-2002 Recent acquisitions (1995-2004) at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Book Review: Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Walford's County Families of the United Kingdom Alumni cantabrigienses: a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900 Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_6_20_26_20A_2001_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/mid_C_6_20_26_20A_2001_20_281_29.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_6_20_26_20A_2001_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/preview_C_6_20_26_20A_2001_20_281_29.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_6_20_26_20A_2001_20_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/mid_C_6_20_26_20A_2001_20_282_29.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_6_20_26_20A_2001_20_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/preview_C_6_20_26_20A_2001_20_282_29.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_6_20_26_20A_2001_20_283_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/mid_C_6_20_26_20A_2001_20_283_29.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_6_20_26_20A_2001_20_283_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/preview_C_6_20_26_20A_2001_20_283_29.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels