ELKINGTON & CO., Birmingham (manufacturer)
Tankard
(c. 1880)

Medium
plaster (fictile ivory), gilded and silvered copper (electrotype)

Measurements
28.7 × 19.9 × 13.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1885

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Inscription
punched (vertically) in metal plaque on base c.: *Department of Science & Art* / (crown) / V R / (three ostrich feathers) / Elkington

Accession Number
1029-D1R

Department
International Decorative Arts

Physical description
Carved with a triumphant bacchus in high relief.