Tankard

c. 1680
(Russian, born Latvia, active 1661–1697)
Diameter: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.); Overall: 26.5 x 26.4 cm (10 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
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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.
Tankard

Tankard

c. 1680

Andreas Brachfeldt

(Russian, born Latvia, active 1661–1697)
Germany, Augsburg, 17th century

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