Tankard

Dateca. 1795

MediumHard-paste porcelain

DimensionsOH: 4 7/8"; OL: ; OD: 4 1/8".

Credit LineGift of Murray F. Nimmo

Object number2013-124

DescriptionTankard: cylindrical Chinese porcelain straight-sided mug or tankard with an entwined reeded strap handle anchored with blue floral terminals; the body is decorated with Masonic imagery: a moon and sun above Masonic devices flank a cloud, stars, and a gilt G in a sunburst between the Pillars of of Solomon's Temple on a tessellated ground. The gilt rim is banded in a gilt starred blue enamel above a gilt dotted iron-red thin band.
ProvenanceMurray F. Nimmo

Cohen & Pearce, London, January 18, 1984