Object: Beer jug - tankard - flask

Image Credits

 


Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain

Hi Res image: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/194589 

Object Type(s)
Household Goods - Kitchen Implements
Description

This kind of beer jug was used in the households of New Netherland. The cap was helpful to keep the beer fresh.   Blue and gray-white pottery like this was common in many early 17th-century homes.

Metropolitan Museum of Art Summary: German stoneware tankards were brought to America in large numbers on Dutch fur-trading ships. Shards of these popular vessels have been uncovered at seventeenth century sites in New York and New England.

References
Title: Tankard
Date: early 17th century
Culture: German, Westerwald, made for Dutch market
Medium: Salt-glazed stoneware; pewter
Dimensions: Height: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)