Beer tankard

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1730 - c. 1735

In between sips, 18th-century beer lovers would have admired Schenk the younger’s chinoiserie design on this luxurious tankard. His illustrations were used to decorate luxury household items, such as this Meissen object, as well as the Delftware tea tray elsewhere in this gallery.

  • Artwork typestave tankard, eating & drinking utensils
  • Object numberBK-17351
  • Dimensionsheight 19.8 cm x width 15.7 cm x diameter 11.3 cm, height 15.1 cm
  • Physical characteristicsporselein en verguld zilver

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Beer tankard

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17351

  • Description

    Bierpul van beschilderd porselein. De pul is beschilderd met een rondom lopende contour-chinoiserie bestaande uit vijf chinezen in een tuin, aan weerszijden afgesloten door rotsen en planten met bloemen. De bierpul heeft een verguld zilveren deksel. De pul en het deksel zijn gemerkt.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • factory mark
    • maker's mark
    • town mark
    • date letter

Creation

  • Creation

    • porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen
    • after print by Pieter Schenk (II)
    • silversmith: anonymous, Leipzig

  • Dating

    c. 1730 - c. 1735

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    porselein en verguld zilver

  • Dimensions

    • height 19.8 cm x width 15.7 cm x diameter 11.3 cm
    • height 15.1 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 3 no. Por 28, Artistic no. 25/22; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, “O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939”, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

  • A.L. den Blaauwen, 'Keramik mit chinoiserien nach Stichen von Petrus Schenk Jun.', Keramos 31, p. 12 met afb. 3.

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