Tankard
On display
Tankard with cover, silver, parcel-gilt, inclosing a greyish glass cylinder, against which is a scrollwork in silver filigree. Above and below the silver-gilt is embossed and chased with bands of strapwork.
Details
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Title
Tankard
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Artist/maker
Abraham Lotter, I (1562 - 1613) (goldsmith) -
Associated place
Hall-in-Tyrol (place of creation)Augsburg (place of creation) -
Date
c. 1565 - 1580 -
Material and technique
glass, silver-gilt; filigree
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Object type
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Dimensions
20.5 cm (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 53 | European Goldsmiths' Work -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA2013.1.82
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Further reading
J.F. Hayward, Virtuoso Goldsmiths and the triumph of Mannerism, 1540-1620 (London, 1976), 494, 385
Wilson, Timothy, Winterbottom, Matthew, Treasures of the Goldsmith's Art: The Michael Wellby Bequest to the Ashmolean Museum (Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford, 2015)
