Tankard

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Tankard

Date18th century

Made inGermany

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (faience) with pewter

Dimensions8 7/8 × 3 3/4 in. (22.5 × 9.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.69.173

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Queen Anne Sitting Room

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

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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