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| Keywords: German - Tankard - Walters 482087.jpg The pewter lid closed to prevent the escape of carbonation between sips The decorative scheme based on applied reliefs with busts of men and women in contemporary and antique costume set in rectangular frames points to the workshops of the town of Creussen about 1600 The iron content of the clay reacts with the air to produce a characteristic brown color to which the salt glaze adds a lustrous mottled sheen There is an unidentified potter's mark of three crescents on the bottom ca 1600 Baroque stoneware with salt glaze and pewter lid cm 15 9 accession number 48 2087 179 Mr and Mrs Fred Van Slyke date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Mr and Mrs Fred J van Slyke Jr 1956 place of origin Creussen Germany Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Creußen Tankards | ||||
