Object number
2016/12
Collection
Description
Glazed pottery vessel featuring a distinctive pinched design to the handle. A combination of size and form mean that this object was probably intended to function as a mug or ceramic tankard. However, due to a lip running round the entire upper rim this item was described by its owner as a vase. Made by Fishley Holland, this object was collected by the potter Mary Wondrausch as an example of the work of this significant studio pottery.
Physical description
1 tankard: pottery
Label Text
Tankard. Glazed pottery vessel featuring a distinctive pinched design to the handle. A combination of size and form mean that this object was probably intended to function as a mug or ceramic tankard. However, due to a lip running round the entire upper rim this item was described by its owner as a vase. It was made by Fishley Holland. The word 'tankard' originally meant any wooden vessel (13th century) and later came to mean a drinking vessel. The earliest tankards were made of wooden staves, similar to a barrel, and did not have lids. A 2000-year-old wooden tankard of approximately four-pint capacity has been unearthed in Wales.
Archival history
Museum Object Entry Form – ‘Museum Name: MUSEUM OF ENGLISH RURAL LIFE // Received from: MARY WONDRAUSCH // Address: BRICKFIELDS // Tel No: // Owner (if different): // Address: // Tel No: // Description of Object/Collection: 51 x CLAY PIPES & CLAY PIPE PARTS // 3 x RECIPE MANUSCRIPT BOOKS (ca. 1940, 1954, unknown) 1 x CALF FEEDING BOWL - LEVERS DAIRY FOOD // 1x BILBERRY SCOOP/TOOL // 5 PARTS x LEMONADE SET // 1 x CANDLE HOLDER + CANDLE // 1 x 'BIDEFORD' PITCHER // 1 x SUSSEX PITCHER // 1x FISHLEY HOLLAND VASE // 1x BIDEFORD TOURIST JUG // 1 x SALCOMBE TOURIST JUG // 1 x BARGE STOOL // 1 x BRICKMOULD // 1 x CLAY PADDLE // 1 x GALVANISED WATERING CAN // Reason for Entry: Donation // Signed: M Wondrausch Date: 18/2/2016 // Additional Agreement (Donations/Sales Only): I, the owner ... // Signed: M Wondrausch Date: 18/02/2016 // Museum Signatory: Oliver Douglas Date: 18/2/2016 // Return of Object to Owner:‘
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Braunton
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