IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 72839 accession number: C.1906 & A-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 7 October 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Reddish-brown earthenware, coated with pale cream slip except for the base, with incised decoration painted in brownish-orange slip, yellow, and green which has run under clear lead glaze. The tankard is of tapering cylindrical form with a robust loop handle having a pierced ball at the top. The slightly domed circular cover has a narrow rim with a small a small loop on one side for attachment to the handle, and a flange inside. In the middle of the dome there is a round, waisted knob. The side of the tankard is decorated with a continuous spray of stylized roses, pomegranates and foliage, with below, a wavy scroll border and a horizontal band, and above, three scroll motifs with spots between them and a horizontal band below the rim. The knob on the handle is yellow and there is a wavy vertical yellow line down the back of the handle. The cover is decorated with three daisy-like flowers and three floral sprays, and has a yellow band round the edge. On its underside there is a small floral spray with below, the incised date '1781'. object type: slip-coated earthenware, incised and painted with floral sprays and scrolls in brownish-orange slip, yellow and green under lead-glaze; the underside of the cover is dated '1781' title: tankard NOTES ----- type: history note value: Mrs Born-Straub, Thun, from whom purchased in August 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72839 PEOPLE ------------------- Born-Straub, Samuel SUBJECTS ------------------- drinking CATEGORIES ------ category: lead-glazed earthenware category: Swiss slipware DATING ------ creation date: 1781 - 1781 creation date earliest: 1781 creation date latest: 1781 culture: 18th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Herrmann, Johannes DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 16 CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Keramik aus Langnau. Zur Geschichte der bedeutendsten Landhafnerei im Kanton Bern Kommentierter Katalog, 2 vols --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_1_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 780 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_1_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 656 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_1_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 780 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_1_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 328 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_2_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 780 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_2_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 656 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_2_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 780 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_2_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 328 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_3_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 802 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_3_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 638 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_3_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 802 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_3_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 319 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_4_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 802 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_4_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 638 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_4_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 802 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_4_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 319 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_5_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 819 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_5_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 400 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_5_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 819 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_5_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 200 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_6_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 911 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_6_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 445 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_6_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 911 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_C_1906_20_26_20a_1928_6_201604_amt49_ce.jpg height: 222 pixels width: 250 pixels