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Tankard (schnelle) with a portrait
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Tankard (schnelle) with a portrait

anonymous · c. 1540 - c. 1560 · turning; vitrification; appliqué (techniek); relief (sculpture technique); slibtechniek; fired; formed; ingriffen; stoneware; glaze; engobe

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Jug (schnelle) of stoneware with cylindrical, tapering body and C-shaped handle. Profiles under the rim and above the foot. Covered with a brown engobe. On the front of the jug in relief three times an elongated, pressed and applied panel with a portrait in a medallion between scrollwork. Cologne/Frechen.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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jugschnelle
Credit lineTankard (schnelle) with a portrait. c. 1540 - c. 1560. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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