Tankard
Manufacturer
Factory of John Dwight of Fulham
(English, 1670 - 1859)
Date1724
MediumStoneware with salt glaze
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 × 4 3/4 inches (18.42 × 12.07 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank P. Burnap
Object number54-11
On View
On viewGallery Location
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DescriptionCylindrical form with loop handle and silver-plated edge. Upper half covered with dark brown wash and decorated in low relief with meallion portrait of Queen Anne with molded Stuart roses. Lower half, white, decorated with scene of stag hunt, including molded figures of hounds. Inscribed below edge "This is to ye pious Memory of Queen - Drink all up and fill itt again." Also inscribed "Bartho. head/Fearn."Gallery LabelThis tankard is decorated with a relief portrait of Queen Anne (reign 1702-14) and a stag hunt. The inscription around the rim reads: "This is to ye Pious Memory of Queen-Drink all up and Fill itt again".
Both stoneware, a non-porous clay body fired at a high temperature, and the use of salt to create a glaze originated in Germany, the dominant production center of coarse stoneware until the 17th century. The technique then spread to other countries including England where potters such as John Dwight discovered the secret of German salt-glazed stoneware. The process of spiraling together the soft brown and cream clays of the Covered Tankard was developed by Dwight to emulate marble. He eventually patented his techniques; his process for marbling clay is registered in a 1684 patent.
Both stoneware, a non-porous clay body fired at a high temperature, and the use of salt to create a glaze originated in Germany, the dominant production center of coarse stoneware until the 17th century. The technique then spread to other countries including England where potters such as John Dwight discovered the secret of German salt-glazed stoneware. The process of spiraling together the soft brown and cream clays of the Covered Tankard was developed by Dwight to emulate marble. He eventually patented his techniques; his process for marbling clay is registered in a 1684 patent.
Mr. Frank P. Burnap (1861-1957), Kansas City, MO by 1954;
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1954.
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