Medium
cut and seamed silver sheet, repoussé and chased ornament, cast handle and feet, partially gilded
Dimensions
26.5 × 26.4 cm · diam. 17.5 cm
Classification
Metalwork
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1971.266
Tags
male
About this artwork
Tankards of this form were made toward the end of the 1600s in various port cities rimming the Baltic Sea. This example is enriched with a detailed scene of Moses striking the rock, executed in Augsburg, Germany, in about 1675–78.