Tankard: Battle Scene from the Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678) between the Armies of France under Louis XIV and the Dutch Republic (allied with the Holy Roman Empire, Brandenburg and Spain)

Object Name
Object Type
Category
Metalwork
Date
c.1675; silver mounts c. 1710-1712
Medium
ivory, gilded silver
Credit Line
The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Object Number
AGOID.29462
Location
AGO, Gallery 110 Thomson European, West Wall, Case

Dimensions

Closed (including handle): 30.4 × 27.5 × 21 cm (11 15/16 × 10 13/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

Description

Dated 1679, probably to commemorate the Treaty of Nijmegen between France and the Holy Roman Empire

Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription
Engraved under rim of lid: EUGENIUS UND MARLBOROUGH ZUGLEICH / BEFREYTEN HIER DAS TEUTSCHE REICH / UND NAMEN DAN MIT TEUTSCHLANDS DANK / AUS DIESSER KAN DEN LABETRANK [Eugenius [Prince Eugen of Savoy] and Marlborough [Duke of Marlborough] together liberated the German Empire and then, with Germany's thanks, took from this vessel a libation]
Markings
Paper label on bottom of base with stamped (?) numbers: 27; Stamped on rim of lid to right of handle: EA; Stamped on top rim of tankard, opposite handle: EA; Stamped on base, immediately to right of handle: EA; stamped on rim of lid to left of han
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