Man on horseback playing a coiled horn (tankard)

Unknown


Item type:
decorative art
Date of creation:
mid-18th century
Height:
23.5 cm  (9 1/4 in.)
Diameter:
14.3 cm  (5 5/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
Tin-glazed earthenware (faience)

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    [Museum inv. no.: 1927.631]Gift of Robert Allerton

Description

Tankard: faience painted in yellow, orange, green, manganese, and black; pewter top.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Horn [4118]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1
Museum image shows the opposite side, without the horn.

Bibliographic references

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 251 da 84. RILM 1988-275.

RIdIM record id

1720