https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/1110/fullTankardca.1710-1715; decoration possibly laterMeissen Porcelain ManufactoryOverall: 24 x 13.3 cm (9 7/16 x 5 1/4 in.)Böttger red stoneware, gold, pewter, and press moulded.Gift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Meissen, Dresden, GermanyG83.1.5740A Böttger polished red-stoneware Augustus Rex pewter-mounted cylindrical tankard (Walzenkrug). It was decorated at Augsburg with Chinoiserie figures on terraces seated by tables drinking tea below palm-trees and flowering plants. It is divided by a central cartouche with a coronet below and there is a bird on a branch above. The hinged pewter cover has a ball thumb-piece.18th Century European PorcelainGerman PorcelainMeissen[]European CeramicsGerman Porcelain1816611246GermanAugustus II (1694-1733)Initials AR
Initials J.G.S. and the date 1737