Flagon (Schnelle)
Hans Hilgers
dated 1573 · Salt-glazed stoneware, pewter · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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
- Hans Hilgers
- Date
- dated 1573
- Medium
- Salt-glazed stoneware, pewter
- Culture
- German, Siegburg
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1954
