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Tankard
Russian1737
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Tankards were used for drinking kivas (beer). The form of this vessel with its ball feet and thumb-piece originated in western Europe during the 17th century. On the lid is the bust of Count Burkhard Münnich, the Russian commander during a war in the Crimea (1736-1739). This piece is also decorated with a design of landscapes and birds.
Details
- Title: Tankard
- Creator: Russian
- Date Created: 1737
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Style: Baroque
- Roles: Metalworker: Russian
- Provenance: Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), St. Petersburg and Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Period: Early Modern
- Object Type: tankards
- Medium: silver, silver-gilt
- Inscriptions: [Inscription] Several marks on bottom including one with date of 1737 and initials L B or C R.
- Exhibitions: Russian Art: Icons and Decorative Arts from the Origin to the Twentieth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1959-1960.
- Dimensions: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
- Classification: Gold, Silver & Jewelry
- Accession Number: 57.8
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