Tankard
Dateca. 1755
OriginAsia, China, Jingdezhen
MediumHard-paste porcelain
DimensionsOH: 4 3/8"; OL: 5 1/4" (including handle); OD: 3 3/4" (body).
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edna G. Tucker and Ms. Wendy S. Tucker in memory of Edward Bolton (Teddy) Tucker, M.B.E.
Object number2024-63
DescriptionTankard: straight-sided mug with flat trimmed base, the sides carved with a chrysanthemum and fence pattern; a single vertical ear-shaped handle with heart-shaped thumbpiece and trapezoid lower terminal; the base unglazed. Decorated with an underglaze blue cell band at the rim and a diaper band at the foot; a clobbered border of stylized leafy flowers painted in orange, red, blue, green, and purple is below the cell band; the handle decorated in underglaze blue with a floral spray down the length of the handle; two pairs of underglaze blue leaves flank the handle at the top and lower terminals.ProvenanceDescended in the Tucker families of New York and Bermuda. Passed down to Catharine Fitch Tucker [February 28, 1879-August 22, 1970] of Paget, Bermuda, who gifted the piece to her nephew, Edward Bolton (Teddy) Tucker, MBE [May 8, 1929-June 9, 2014]; it then descended to his daughter Wendy Susan Tucker who subsequently gifted it to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in 2024.
