• Chinese Export Porcelain Openwork Basket with Pitt Armorial
    Chinese Export Porcelain Openwork Basket with Pitt Armorial
  • Bombe Desk and Bookcase
    Bombe Desk and Bookcase
  • The Landing of the Pilgrims
    The Landing of the Pilgrims
  • Side Chairs
    Side Chairs
  • Penn's Treaty with the Indians
    Penn's Treaty with the Indians
 
Tankard
  • Artist/Maker Hurd, Jacob (1702/3-1758; working c. 1724-1755)
  • Date Made ca. 1750
  • Place Made
  • Materials Metals; Silver
  • Measurements
  • Gift of Mrs. Joel Larus in memory of her father Mark Bortman and also in honor of Clement E. Conger, Curator, Diplomatic Reception Rooms 1961 - 1991.
  • Room
  • Accession # 1971.0124.076

Tankard

In Boston, the tankard form developed along English lines, but with the adoption of certain types of ornament not commonly found on English tankards: mid-bands, finials, and figural handle terminals.