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Production: Unidentified Siegburg pottery
Off-white stoneware of tapering cylindical form with cordons round the top and base, and an applied loop handle, the sides decorated with three vertical panels each moulded in relief with a boy amongst vine branches, a scroll inscribed HAMBVRGENS over the Imperial Eagle, the date 1591 and the arms of the city of Hamburg (part missing at upper left due to broken mould). Attached to the handle is a hinged pewter thumb piece and domed cover with a three-tier baluster finial.
History note: Legrand, 24 rue de la Régence, Brussels, from whom purchased for 600 francs on 28 July 1919 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambidge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 25.4 cm
Width: 10.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Renaissance
Production date:
circa
AD 1591
: 1591 is the date on the mould, production might be later
Cover
composed of
pewter
Base
Diameter 7.5 cm
Tankard
Body
Decoration
off-white Stoneware
Accession number: C.2010-1928
Primary reference Number: 72994
Old object number: 3841
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: GR.14.1936
Accession Number: C.146-2010
Accession Number: M.56-1961
Accession Number: C.142-2015
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