Peg tankard
'Peg' tankards, so-called from the studs applied at intervals on the inside wall, were a type of communal drinking vessel. They were common in seventeenth-century Scandinavia and their occasional occurrence in Newcastle and York confirms the close trading contacts between Norway and the north-east of England. Although made in London, it is clear from the inscription ('This Cann belongeth to the Company of Coopers of Newcastle Upon Tyne') that this tankard was in Newcastle from an early date. It is virtually certain, therefore, that the tankard was heavily repaired or remodelled some decades after the date of its original manufacture and probably not in London.
Information derived from T. Schroder, British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean (2009)
Details
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Title
Peg tankard
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Associated place
London (place of creation)Newcastle-upon-Tyne (inscribed on object) -
Date
1667 - 1668
late 17th century -
Material and technique
silver
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Material index
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Object type
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Dimensions
17.3 cm (height)
1087 g (weight) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Miss J. Christie-Miller, 1977.
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Museum location
Museum department
Western Art
Accession no.
WA1977.229
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Further reading
Schroder, Timothy, British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 2009), 19
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