Tankard

CultureGerman
Titles
  • Tankard
Date18th century
Made inGermany
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (faience) with pewter
Dimensions8 3/4 × 7 1/4 × 4 1/4 in. (22.2 × 18.4 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.69.174
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Queen Anne Sitting Room
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionDelftware, made throughout Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, is a variety of earthenware with tin oxide added to its lead glaze formula to give an opaque white effect that was often used to imitate, or at least suggest, the appearance of Chinese porcelain. Metallic oxides provided a range of colors for decoration: cobalt for blue, manganese for purple, iron for red, copper for green, and antimony for yellow.
ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; given to MFAH, 1969.

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