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Tankard by Andreas Brachfeldt (Russian, born Latvia, active 1661–1697)

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.

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