1949.114.35: Tankard

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1949.114.35

People

? John Ruslen, British (1656 - 1712)

Title

Tankard

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Lady's Tankard

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1674-1675

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

Charles II (1660-1685)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/228939

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

9.53 x 11.43 x 7.94 cm (3 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.)
unspecified: 261 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: struck on rim by handle: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
• coat of arms: on side, engraved: shown in a lozenge, eagle displayed within crossed pllume mantling
• hallmark: struck on top of handle: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
• maker's mark: struck on rim by handle: IR [pellet between with rosettes] [possibly for John Ruslen, Jackson, p. 130, line 1]
• maker's mark: struck on top of handle: IR [pellet between with rosettes] [possibly for John Ruslen, Jackson, p. 130, line 1]
• inscription: engraved, on base: 8-9 / 14

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Private Collector, London [anonymous sale, Christie's, London, May 17, 1933, lot 131 (withdrawn)]. Sold, [through Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, May 17, 1937, lot 84]; to George E. P. How. Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Archibald A. Hutchinson, Esq.

Accession Year

1949

Object Number

1949.114.35

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description

Of plain slightly tapering cylindrical form on flat base, the tubular scroll handle with tab-form terminal; the hinged flat domed cover with reeded border and cast bifurcated corkscrew thumb-piece; the front engraved with a lozenge of arms within crossed plume mantling.

Tankards of this size appear to have been used by ladies. This is borne out by the fact that many of them are engraved with ladies’ arms, such as the present example.

Publication History

• Christopher Hartop, British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass. and New Haven, 2007), pp. 63-64, cat. no. 28, repr. in b/w on p. 63, details repr. p. 64.

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