Tankard
(c. 1880)

ELKINGTON & CO., Birmingham (manufacturer)

Artwork Details

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

Measurements

28.7 × 19.9 × 13.0 cm

Place/s of Execution

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

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

Accession Number

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1885

Gallery location

Not on display

Physical description

Carved with a triumphant bacchus in high relief.