TANKARD WITH A LID

Germany, Nuremberg, 1788
Cylindrical beer tankard, faience with white glaze, blue painting featuring a central motif of the Madonna and Child in a floral-ornamental frame. The base and handle with a tin mounting with a hinged lid with an embedded medallion of Joseph II and an engraved year, divided by initials: "17AMSM88". H. 21 cm. Blue brush mark "K.". Condition B. Cracked glaze, broken thumbrest, otherwise in good condition.