Covered Tankard
date: label: Date
content: late 16th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Tall body tapering toward top, three moldings at base, neck and strap handle. Stamped vertical relief panel repeating three times, each with three medallions and inscribed biblical scenes showing joseph (and Potiphar’s wife), Der Iosva, and David (spotting Bathsheba). Hinged pewter cover with lily-shaped thumb rest. Strapwork grotesques throughout.
place: label: made in
content: Siegburg, Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1959-34-2
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: tankard
label: Type
content: tankard
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stoneware, pewter
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 34.3 × 11.3 × 15.2 cm (13 1/2 in. × 4 7/16 in. × 6 in.)