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Pewter tankard of the mason's guild

Lost Art-ID

416244

Artist / Creator

Unknown

Title

Pewter tankard of the mason's guild

Dating

1676

Object type

Vessel

Group of reported objects

Crafts and other folk arts

Material / Technique

Metal (Pewter)

Inventory number

Behelfs-Inventarnummer: 702

Description

Inscription: "Ich, Andreas Bürger, Maurergeselle, habe dieses dem Ehrbaren Maurerhandwerk zu Ehren und meinem Namen zum Gedächtnis machen lassen." Six scutcheon/ plates.

Provenance

The collection contained about 2000 objects in 1931, but during the circumstance of war in 1945 a large part of the collection (stored in boxes) was lost.

Published since

2009

Contact

Torgauer Geschichtsverein e.V.
Herr Dr. Jürgen Herzog
Wintergrüne 5
04860 Torgau
Germany

Phone

03421-70337 27 o. 03421-70336

Fax

03421-70337 24

Homepage

http://www.museum-torgau.de

Contact

Kathrin Niese

E-Mail

info@museum-torgau.de