Tankard

Description

Tankard of parcel-gilt silver decorated with Narcissus gazing at his reflection in the water almost certainly based on a print adapting Virgil Solis’ woodcut of Narcissus published in Ovid’s Metamorphoses (1563) and Reusner’s Emblemata (1581), with other subjects in repoussé, and cover surmounted by a cast swan: Polish, Danzig (Gdansk), by Benedict Clausen, c. 1700

Museum reference

A.1876.30.1

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Tankard

Production information

Clausen, Benedict
Gdansk, Poland, Eastern Europe

Date

c. 1700

Materials

Silver, parcel-gilt

Physical description

Parcel-gilt silver; decorated with Narcissus and other subjects in repoussé

Associations

Depicted: Narcissus
Author: Ovid
Engraver: Solis, Virgil, 1514 - 1562

Exhibitions

• Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• European Styles (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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