Tankard with man drinking from jug

Manufactory Haviland & Co. American and French
Factory director Under the technical direction of Ernest Chaplet French
ca. 1885
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 556
This vessel recalls sixteenth-century German salt-glazed stoneware tankards and flagons. However, the flat style of the decoration and the unmodulated use of color, particularly for the boy’s skin, are novel to the nineteenth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Tankard with man drinking from jug
  • Manufactory: Haviland & Co. (American and French, 1864–1931)
  • Factory director: Under the technical direction of Ernest Chaplet (French, Sèvres 1835–1909 Choisy-le-Roi)
  • Date: ca. 1885
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Stoneware
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 13 1/4 × 5 7/8 × 3 7/8 in., 3.9 lb. (33.7 × 14.9 × 9.8 cm, 1.7 kg)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Purchase, Acquisitions Fund; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and 2011 Benefit Fund, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.475
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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