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tankard
1800/1896
British Museum
London, United Kingdom
Miniature tankard and cover of silver-gilt; embossed and chased; body of cylinder of rock crystal and octagon of rock crystal set into cover; openwork scroll border at top and bottom of body; band of embossed scrollwork on cover and round base; second band on foot has three frames with figures of Bacchus etc.; knob of cover is group of lily-shaped flowers; plain handle with graduated pellets; thumb-piece set in openwork representing Susanna and the Elders; surmounted by crown.
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Details
- Title: tankard
- Date Created: 1800/1896
- Physical Dimensions: Height: 16.70cm; Width: 8.50cm (including handle); Diameter: 6.50cm (base); Diameter: 5.50cm (cover); Diameter: 3.90cm (inner rock crystal); Length: 6.00cm (rock crystal); Weight: 292.00g
- External Link: British Museum collection online
- Technique: polished; gilded; enamelled; punched; pierced; cast
- Subject: flower; myth/legend; classical deity; old testament
- Registration number: WB.124
- Production place: Made in London
- Material: rock crystal; enamel; silver
- Copyright: Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum
- Acquisition: Bequeathed by Rothschild, Ferdinand Anselm
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