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Tankard
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Tapering cylindrical, on spreading foot, with applied molded mid-rib and tubular scroll handle with shaped terminal and small baluster drop molding, the hinged domed cover with fluted scroll thumb-piece, the front engraved with a coat of arms within a foliate scroll and fish-scale cartouche surmounted by a crest.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Edwin Hale Abbot Jr. Cambridge MA bequest; to Fogg Museum 1966.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Edwin H. Abbot
Title: Tankard
Description:
Tapering cylindrical, on spreading foot, with applied molded mid-rib and tubular scroll handle with shaped terminal and small baluster drop molding, the hinged domed cover with fluted scroll thumb-piece, the front engraved with a coat of arms within a foliate scroll and fish-scale cartouche surmounted by a crest.
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