Miniature tankard
1707–8
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 1 3/4 × 1 in. (4.4 × 2.5 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Silver-Miniature
Culture
British, London
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Joseph M. and Aimee Loeb May Collection, 1963
Accession Number
63.53.23
Art Historical Context
This delightful miniature tankard, crafted London silversmith Georgejoy in 1707–8, exemplifies the exquisite precision of early 18-century British silverwork. Measuring a mere 1 3/4 × 1 inches (4.4 × .5 cm), it mimics the form of full-sized drinking vessels used for ale or beer, but on a captivatingly diminutive scale. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's European Sculpture andative Arts department, this piece from The Joseph M. and Aimee May Collection showcases Manjoy's mastery in the competitive world of London metalwork. During Queen Anne's reign (1702–1714), London was a hub for silve...
About the Artist
George Manjoy · 1685–1685
George Manjoy was a British artist active in the late seventeenth century, a period of considerable vitality in British art shaped by the influence of continental European painting. Working in an era when portraiture dominated British artistic life and when painters such as Sir Godfrey Kneller set the prevailing standard for fashionable representation, Manjoy participated in a visual culture incre...