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Tankard

Dateca. 1755

OriginAsia, China, Jingdezhen

MediumHard-paste porcelain

DimensionsOH: 4 3/8"; OL: 5 1/4" (including handle); OD: 3 3/4" (body).

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edna G. Tucker and Ms. Wendy S. Tucker in memory of Edward Bolton (Teddy) Tucker, M.B.E.

Object number2024-63

DescriptionTankard: straight-sided mug with flat trimmed base, the sides carved with a chrysanthemum and fence pattern; a single vertical ear-shaped handle with heart-shaped thumbpiece and trapezoid lower terminal; the base unglazed. Decorated with an underglaze blue cell band at the rim and a diaper band at the foot; a clobbered border of stylized leafy flowers painted in orange, red, blue, green, and purple is below the cell band; the handle decorated in underglaze blue with a floral spray down the length of the handle; two pairs of underglaze blue leaves flank the handle at the top and lower terminals.
ProvenanceDescended in the Tucker families of New York and Bermuda. Passed down to Catharine Fitch Tucker [February 28, 1879-August 22, 1970] of Paget, Bermuda, who gifted the piece to her nephew, Edward Bolton (Teddy) Tucker, MBE [May 8, 1929-June 9, 2014]; it then descended to his daughter Wendy Susan Tucker who subsequently gifted it to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in 2024.