https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/18113/fullTankardca.1723-1725Meissen Porcelain ManufactoryOverall: 19.4 x 11.4 x 15.3 cm (7 5/8 x 4 1/2 x 6 in.)Hard-paste porcelain with underglaze blue, overglaze enamels, gilding; silver mounts inset with a Hanoverian thaler of George I of England, elector of Brunswick Lünenburg (1660–1727)Gift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Meissen, Dresden, GermanyG83.1.5821Meissen silver-mounted tankard with gilding. There is an Asian nobleman seated on a dais in an arched pavilion with steps on either side leading to a garden. An attendant stands on the left holding a fan, while a small dragon and an insect hover nearby. It has gilt-scroll borders, and the silver cover is inset with a thaler of George I of England, Elector of Brunswick and Lunenburg. It has a fluted and ribbed border and a mask thumb piece. It is painted in underglaze-blue picked out in iron-red, and yellow.18th Century European PorcelainGerman PorcelainMeissen[]European CeramicsGerman Porcelain1821841254GermanAugustus II (1694-1733)Silver hallmark MM for Dresden, 1750s. Coin dated 1718