Cleveland Museum of Art

Tankard

Andreas Brachfeldt

Date

c. 1680

Medium

cut and seamed silver sheet, repoussé and chased ornament, cast handle and feet, partially gilded

Culture

Germany, Augsburg, 17th century

Department

Decorative Art and Design

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Tankards of this form were made toward the end of the 1600s in various port cities rimming the Baltic Sea. This example is enriched with a detailed scene of Moses striking the rock, executed in Augsburg, Germany, in about 1675–78.

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