VesselsGerman18th century

Tankard

c. 1715

Artists

Meissen Porcelain ManufactoryManufacturer

Johann Jakob IrmingerDesigner

Franz Antoni BetleArtist

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain and silver

Culture

German

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

13.5 × 9 cm (5 5/16 × 3 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Ilse Bischoff, Hartland, Vermont, by 1966, gift; to Timotheus Pohl, Hartland Vermont, December 5, 1990; gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2020.

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