Tankard

Artists

Description

Tapering cylindrical, on spreading foot, with applied molded mid-rib and tubular scroll handle with shaped terminal and small baluster drop molding, the hinged domed cover with fluted scroll thumb-piece, the front engraved with a coat of arms within a foliate scroll and fish-scale cartouche surmounted by a crest.

Dimensions

20.6 × 20.9 × 14 cm (8 1/8 × 8 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.) 1038.6 g

Provenance

Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, bequest; to Fogg Museum, 1966.