tankard

Object NameHunting Tankard

Made FromGlass, pewter

Date1500-1700

Place Madeprobably Bohemia; possibly Germany

Techniquefree-blown, enameled, gilded

Size(a&b) H: 26.7 cm; (a) H (at rim): 23.6 cm; D (rim): 8 cm, (max. body): 14.6 cm

Accession Number57.3.93

Credit LineGift of Edwin J. Beinecke

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Glass beer tankards were also made with handles, like those made from stoneware.

Physical DescriptionClear glass with many minute bubbles; free-blown, enameled and gilded. Ovoid body with wide cylindrical neck and slightly pushed up base having rough pontil mark, applied foot ring; solid ear-shaped handle applied to upper neck and shoulder; pewter top attached to upper handle, with thumb piece and spindle-like finial; enamel decoration: on the body a hunting scene, including an aqua and two white dogs pursuing a stag and a fox proceeding to the left, the fox being separated from the last dog by a tree; there are also lily-of-the-valley stalks with yellow, white and blue blossoms, grass strip at the bottom; this frieze is framed at top by a band consisting of red, green, yellow and blue rectangles, and at bottom by red, blue and yellow lines; around the neck another hunting scene, with two dogs pursuing a stag that turns his head back, a hare and a fox; this frieze includes also a tree and a single lily-of-the- valley stalk with white blossoms; the colors are similar to the main frieze; the neck frieze is framed at the bottom by a red line and at top by an applied glass thread painted spirally in red, green, blue and yellow; around the upper neck a gilded band (rubbed off) accompanied by two rows of white beads and two white U-shaped lines; white dashes on the foot ring; groups of dots on the handle; white star motif above the last dog; on the base an old catalogue number in white: "683".
Provenance

Former Collection Count Wilchek

Source Edwin J. Beinecke (d. 1957)