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Böttger Stoneware Tankard Tankard

This is a tankard. It was manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated ca. 1715 and we acquired it in 1941. Its medium is stoneware, silver, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 21.4 × 13.4 cm (8 7/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

none visible

Cite this object as

Böttger Stoneware Tankard Tankard; Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Germany); Germany; stoneware, silver, gold; H x diam.: 21.4 × 13.4 cm (8 7/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1941-43-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Foreign Exchange.

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