Tankard Item Number: Cg146 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Early stoneware tankard. Blue over grey pyriform on cylindrical flat base, tapering neck, pinch spout, pewter lid hinged to top of loop handle. Relief decoration in vertical bands of 3 brown medallions alternating with white scrolls. Scroll branches around neck.
Cultural Context
functional; decorative
Iconographic Meaning
A distinctive type of Westerwald pottery emerged after 1630, with an ovoid body rising from the foot-ring and ending in a narrow neck, and a diaper of stamped floral and leaf motifs.
Item History
- Made in Raeren, Liege, Belgium between 1600 and 1700
- Owned by Walter C. Koerner before December 2, 1988
- Received from Walter C. Koerner (Donor) on December 2, 1988
What
Who
- Culture
- Belgian
- Previous Owner
- Walter C. Koerner
- Received from
- Walter C. Koerner (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Raeren, Liege, Belgium
When
- Creation Date
- between 1600 and 1700
- Ownership Date
- before December 2, 1988
- Acquisition Date
- on December 2, 1988
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics; stoneware
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1417/0186