Böttger Stoneware Tankard
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1715
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
label: Designer
content: Johann Friedrich Böttger, German, 1682 - 1719
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cylindrical, slightly tapering toward top. Flat domed cover with simple button knob, held by ring mounting and hinge on shoulder of curving flat strap handle. Mount on foot, with triangular tongues holding the base of the tankard. Exterior of tankard, and both surfaces of cover, polished. Tankard engraved on face with interlacing cipher in framework of scrolls, under a crown.
place: label: made in
content: Meissen, Saxony (present-day 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 Mrs. John Innes Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-43-1
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, silver, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 21.4 × 13.4 cm (8 7/16 × 5 1/4 in.)