{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O156617"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O156617/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2009CC6638/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2009CC6638/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2009CC6638","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London/ © the Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London ","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2009CC6479","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London/ © the Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London ","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2009CC6480","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London/ © the Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London ","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2009CC6484","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London/ © the Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London ","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2009CC6477","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London/ © the Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London ","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2024NW8697","copyright":"© Victoria & Albert Museum","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2024NW8696","copyright":"© Victoria & Albert Museum","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2024NX2547","copyright":" © Victoria & Albert Museum","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2024NX2546","copyright":" © Victoria & Albert Museum","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O156617/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O156617","accessionNumber":"LOAN:GILBERT.541-2008","objectType":"Tankard","titles":[],"summaryDescription":"Wenzel Jamnitzer was one of the most highly acclaimed German goldsmiths of the Renaissance, revered as a genius akin to his fellow Nuremberg citizen, the painter Albrecht Dürer. Jamnitzer is renowned for his complex decorative style and life casting. In contrast this domestic tankard is simpler in decorationa typical example of mid-16th century Continental silver. The medallions on its cover and base are attributed to the goldsmith and engraver Nickel Milic and the diecutter Lucas Richter, respectively.\r\n\r\nThis tankard is a perfectly honest example of 16th-century domestic silver that was not marked when first made, probably in Hungary. Such silver was both functional and ornamental. Objects for dining and drinking took elegant forms and were decorated in the latest styles. Beautifully crafted items intended only for display often adopted functional forms such as cups and dishes.\n\r\nWhen the cult of Wenzel Jamnitzer started in the 19th-century, his mark appears to have been remade for use on much simpler pieces in an effort to increase their appeal to collectors at the time. The makers' mark that can be seen on this tankard also appears on a number of items that while being possibily made during Jamnitzer's lifetime, were not created in his workshop. \n\r\nSir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes.  Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.","physicalDescription":"Silver, parcel-gilt tankard of tapering cylindrical form on three winged cherub feet, the body has applied reeded moulding around its base, centre and lip. It is decorated at its lowest rim with stylised foliate motifs and an engraved band of wrigglework. The body of the tankard is etched with six portrait medallions within laurel wreaths, panels of arabesque foliage and strapwork, and an unidentified coat of arms. The cover, slightly raised, is inset with a medallion within similar decoration to the body. The thumbpiece is in the form of a mermaid and the handle, terminating in lion-masks, is similarly decorated to the rest of the piece.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Jamnitzer, Wenzel","id":"A10941"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver-gilt","id":"x37998"},{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"}],"techniques":[{"text":"raising","id":"AAT237068"},{"text":"casting","id":"AAT53104"},{"text":"moulding","id":"AAT53134"},{"text":"engraving (incising)","id":"AAT53829"},{"text":"blind stamping","id":"AAT192907"},{"text":"etching","id":"AAT53840"},{"text":"parcel gilding","id":"AAT233409"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Partially gilded silver (parcel-gilt) raised, cast, stamped, engraved, moulded, and etched","categories":[{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Medallions","id":"THES49034"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2009CC6638","2009CC6479","2009CC6480","2009CC6484","2009CC6477","2024NW8697","2024NW8696","2024NX2547","2024NX2546"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"71A","id":"THES413997"},"free":"","case":"CA005","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"tankard","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Nuremberg","id":"x29057"},"association":{"text":"marked","id":"x32454"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1560-1570","earliest":"1555-01-01","latest":"1570-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"15.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"15.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"500","unit":"g","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Measured 19/02/24 IW\r\n11.8 cm diameter of base","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"<i>N</i> as Nuremberg town mark (<u>Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst. 1541-1868.</u> 2007, BZU31oM","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"maker's mark of lion crowned by <i>W</i> in shield,  <u>Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst. 1541-1868.</u>2007, MZ1129","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Provenance\r\nAcquired by Arthur Gilbert from S.J. Phillips Ltd, London, 1983.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Silver, partially gilded (parcel-gilt), Nuremberg, 1560-70, mark of Wenzel Jamnitzer","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Schroder, Timothy. <u>The Gilbert collection of gold and silver</u>. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat. no. 131, pp. 484-7.  ISBN.0875871445"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst. 1541-1868. Band I. Meister, Werke, Marken</u>. 2 parts. Nuremberg (Verlag des Germanischen Nationalmuseums) 2007. Part 1, p. 494, no. 1129.01."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"coats of arms","id":"AAT126352"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["LOAN:GILBERT.541-2008"],"accessionNumberNum":"541","accessionNumberPrefix":"LOAN:GILBERT","accessionYear":2008,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"Arthur Gilbert Number","id":"THES50383"},"number":"SG 158"},{"type":{"text":"The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House","id":"THES50384"},"number":"1996.684"},{"type":{"text":"Arthur Gilbert Number","id":"THES50383"},"number":"GB 215"},{"type":{"text":"The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House","id":"THES50384"},"number":"1998.17"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2018LC1737","2019LR4694","2019LT8565","2019LW2864"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-05-12","recordCreationDate":"2008-06-19","availableToBook":false}}