Tankard (Schnelle)

Eigelstein

ca. 1560–70 · Salt-glazed stoneware; pewter · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Tankard (Schnelle) — Eigelstein

German stoneware tankards were brought to America in large numbers on Dutch fur-trading ships. Shards of these popular vessels have been uncovered at seventeenth century sites in New York and New England.

Artist
Eigelstein
Date
ca. 1560–70
Medium
Salt-glazed stoneware; pewter
Culture
German, Cologne
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Credit line
Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1954
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