Tankard (c. 1680): Art, History and Details

Tankard (c. 1680) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Andreas Brachfeldt (Russian, born Latvia, active 1661–1697).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Tankard
• Date: c. 1680
• Creator attribution: Andreas Brachfeldt (Russian, born Latvia, active 1661–1697)
• Culture: Germany, Augsburg
• Type: Metalwork
• Technique: cut and seamed silver sheet, repoussé and chased ornament, cast handle and feet, partially gilded
• Dimensions: Diameter: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.); Overall: 26.5 x 26.4 cm (10 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1971.266

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.

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