Tankard

Item

Title
Tankard
Description
Schmid was among the few faience painters who signed his work. But even without signature, his style would be instantly recognizable, for no other faience painter featured these bold figures in continuous landscape around the walls of large tankards. Such plain shapes were ideal for his compositions, which ignore all inhibitions or limitations of scale that other faience painters seem to have imposed upon themselves. Early 18th century.
Creator
M. Schmid
Date Created
earliest: 1701
latest: 1750
Date
1973
Provenance
Lesley and Emma Sheafer , New York (until 1974; bequeathed to MMA)
Identifier
1974.356.258
Medium
Tin-glazed earthenware with engraved and gilt metal mounts
tin-glazed ware
Format
Ceramics-Pottery
Height: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
Publisher
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Source
The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Rights
https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access
Item sets
Drinking Vessels
Media
Tankard