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.
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Exhibition curated by Suzanne Findlen Hood at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, February 2007
InscribedRAR on applied badge (stands for Queen Anne)
Exhibition(s)
ca. 1702
1740-1745
1700-1701
1700-1701
ca. 1710
1770-1780
1689-1694
1800-1820
1724 - 1740
ca. 1725
1720-1740
1625-1650