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Description: | Cylindrical lead glass tankard with hinged pewter lid and foot rim; wheel engraved decoration. Body engraved with image of a saint in clerical robes, holding a glass surmounted by a serpent in his right hand, and plumed staff in the left. A mitre is on the ground to his right. Wheel engraved scrolling patterns on either side with small facets interspersed. Plain glass scrolled handle. Pewter cover engraved with initials P.B.P. in centre, surrounded by decorative scrolls.
Technique: engraving (action)
Technique: cut
Material: glass
Material: pewter
tankard made in Bohemia (?), Germany (?), Europe, 1730-1750, (1917.682). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.990 | Go to resource |
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