Minneapolis Institute of Art

Tankard

Robert Cooper

Date

c. 1707–1708

Medium

Silver

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This tankard is executed in “Britannia Standard, ” a higher level of silver purity imposed on silversmiths to avoid a devaluation of British coinage. Purer silver is also softer and easier to engrave. Decades after the tankard was made, the front was used as a setting for an elaborate coat of arms in the Rococo style of the mid-18th century. England, Europe

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