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Production: Unidentified Westerwald pottery
Pale grey salt-glazed stoneware decorated with applied moulded reliefs of the arms of Charles, Landgrave of Hesse, and half-length portraits of Queen Mary II, reserved in a manganese-purple ground ; pewter thumbpiece and cover
Pale grey stoneware, decorated with applied moulded reliefs reliefs reserved in a manganese-purple ground, and salt-glazed; pewter thumbpiece and cover. The cylindrical tankard has a turned band at the top and bottom of the sides, and a loop handle of shallow D-section. On the front are the arms of Charles, Landgrave of Hesse (1663-1730) enclosed by an oval band inscribed 'CAROLVS. D. G. LANDGR. HAESSI. PR HERSF. COM. CATT.D.Z.N. & SCHAWENB (Landgrave of Hesse, Prince of Hirschfeld, Count of KIatzenelnbogen, Diez, Ziegenhain, Nidda and Schaumberg). On either side repeated, is an oval medallion with a half-length portrait of Queen Mary II of England, enclosed by the legend, 'MARIA. D. G. MAG. BRIT. FRANC. ET HIB. REGINA. &'. Attached to the top of the handle is a hinged mount attached to the shallow flat-topped cover and fluted ball thumbpiece.
History note: An unidentified sale; Sidney Hand, Grafton Street, from whom purchased for £7.10s. on 1 March 1926 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 19.5 cm
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 18.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
William III and Mary II
Circa
1689
-
1694
Body
composed of
stoneware
( pale grey)
Ground
composed of
manganese-oxide
Cover And Mounts
composed of
pewter
Base
Diameter 13 cm
Medallikons
Thumbpiece
Inscription present: moulded in relief on a band around the arms
Inscription present: in relief on a band around the portrait of Queen Mary
Inscription present: very small letters
Accession number: C.2042-1928
Primary reference Number: 73042
Old object number: 4796
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Tankard" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73042 Accessed: 2025-05-08 14:11:01
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