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Pewter-Mounted Tankard Tankard

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Pewter-Mounted Tankard Tankard

Pewter-Mounted Tankard Tankard

Pewter-Mounted Tankard Tankard

Pewter-Mounted Tankard Tankard

Pewter-Mounted Tankard Tankard

Pewter-Mounted Tankard Tankard

Pewter-Mounted Tankard Tankard

The tankard is shaped like a ginger jar -with a bulbous body whose circumference is widest in the middle, graduating upwards to a straight neck. The main decoration facing the viewer is a Chinoiserie scene in which a servant holds a parasol over a dignitary. The dignitary is walking in front smoking a long pipe; smoke rises from the pipe and from his mouth, Both men are in 3/4 view, dressed in Chinese garb, and strolling in an idealized outdoor landscape. The dignitary wears several layers of garments - a richly embroidered outer robe, floor length, colored purple and orange, pushed up at the elbows revealing an undergarment with orange sleeves. At the waist he wears a blue sash. The outer robe is open from the waist down showing the oppulence of the other underlayers in lavender, orange and blue, respectively. He wears a medallion hanging from a shawl-like collar. His hat is a tall, soft yellow cylinder indented on top, sitting on a black base with two upward horn-like projections at the front, and a brim at the back reminiscent of a baseball cap worn backwards. The servant wears an orange robe to mid-calf, over a blue floor-length undergarment. The robe has a decorative collar and 3/4 sleeves under which the sleeves of the undergarment are visible. He sports a conical hat which has a gold U-shaped decoration atop the apex. The parasol shading the dignitary is decorated in alternating bands of yellow and purple radiating out vertically from the center towards the rim. It is topped with what appears to be two concentric rings of little balls, a feather-like decoration sticking up from the apex, flanked by 2 little orbs. The gentlemen stand on emerald green turf. Between them grows a plant with three stylized flowers and leafy fronds. In the background, on the dignitary's side, is a building with a porch or fence, and in the foreground a tree like a weeping willow. Behind the servant, there is more elaborate vegetation and a bird flying above. The neck of the tankard is decorated with stylized flowers. Three flowers are visible above the figures - two blue petaled flowers with yellow centers, surrounding a flower whose petals are red at the edges, orange in the middle and blue at the center. Proportionwise in height, the body comprises 3/4 of the tankard, and the neck about 1/4. The tankard has a handle on one side. The handle projects from the top of the neck, curves like the shape of an ear, and attaches to the body about half way down. There is a hinged pewter lid attached to the handle. Projecting from the top of the lid, near the hinge, is a small spherical ball set on a tiny cylinder. Pulling on the ball lifts the lid. The top of the lid and the ball are decorated with an engraved design.

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