Tankard

Goldsmith Mounts by Johann Heel

ca. 1700

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 533

The Nuremberg goldsmith Johann Heel was also active as a painter of glass and faience, as well as a maker of ornamental prints.

Artwork Details

Overview

Provenance

Title: Tankard
Goldsmith: Mounts by Johann Heel (1637–1709, master 1668)
Date: ca. 1700
Culture: German, Nuremberg
Medium: Jade mounted with silver gilt and painted enamel
Dimensions: 4 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (11.1 × 8.3 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver In Combination
Credit Line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Object Number: 1974.356.785
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

More Artwork

By Johann Heel

In the same gallery

From the same time and place

A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.

Jug, Johann Heel, Faience (tin-glazed earthenware); pewter, German, Nuremberg — Jug
Johann Heel
ca. 1680

Chinese figure with bird, Meissen Manufactory German, Hard-paste porcelain with gilt-bronze mounts and soft-paste porcelain flowers, German, Meissen with French mounts and French, Vincennes flowers — Chinese figure with bird
Meissen Manufactory
George Fritzsche
ca. 1727, mounts and flowers ca. 1750

Cylindrical tankard, M. S. of Nuremberg, Germany, Faience (tin-glazed earthenware), silver-gilt mounts, German, Nuremberg — Cylindrical tankard
M. S. of Nuremberg, Germany
ca. 1720

Diana and the Stag, Joachim Friess, Partially gilded silver, enamel, jewels (case); iron, wood (movement), German, Augsburg — Diana and the Stag
Joachim Friess
ca. 1620

Cup with scenes from the New Testament (one of a pair), Franz Fischer, Silver gilt, German, Nuremberg — Cup with scenes from the New Testament (one of a pair)
Franz Fischer
early 17th century

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.