Tankard
date: label: date made
content: ca 1650
notes: label: Description
content: Partial-gilt raised and repoussé chased cylindrical tankard with double-dome lid on an applied, tall, circular flared foot with astragal band. Large flowers cover lower dome of lid and entire body. Cast acanthus-leaf-and-scroll thumbpiece attaches to three-knuckle hinge; rosettes on both ends of hinge pin. Cast triple C scroll handle. Underside of flat bottom struck with two marks, three towers with gate in an oval and a leafy or serrated-edge fleur-de-lis motif in a curvilinear shield, flanking the centerpoint.
label: Description
content: City mark appears to be that of Hamburg. Maker's mark not identified.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Hamburg, Hamburg
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Colonel William E. Shipp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.62.0056
label: catalog number
content: 62.0056
label: accession number
content: 226997
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tankard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (gilt wash material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 4 7/8 in x 6 3/4 in; 15.875 cm x 12.3825 cm x 17.145 cm