Tankard

Dateca. 1710

MediumStoneware, salt-glazed, gray with blue

DimensionsH: 8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1962-104

DescriptionWesterwald blue and grey jug bearing the royal Cypher of Queen Anne, in relief, with Crown over. Cypher in the form "R.A.R." Floral ornament in relief, on incised branches. Loop handle with scroll terminal at base.
Label TextThe tankard on the left was produced in the Westerwald region of Germany early in the eighteenth century. Because German stoneware changed little over time, it continued to influence American-made wares throughout the centuries and in 1890 there were vessels similar to this one still being produced.
---Inspiration and Ingenuity: American Stoneware
Exhibition curated by Suzanne Findlen Hood at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, February 2007
InscribedRAR on applied badge (stands for Queen Anne)

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