Glass Tankard
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Description
Clear glass tankard with handle, detailed with gold-leaf. Lower body rounded, rest of body becomes cylindrical. Base adorned with gold-leaf, lower body with five raised glass pieces also with gold-leaf, upper body with gold shield below a gold crown, handle with gold-leaf decoration. Antique glass.
Classification
DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT Food and Drink Consumption glass
Measurements
H168 mm
Main Body: Dia60 mm
Lower Body: Dia90 mm
Main Body: Dia60 mm
Lower Body: Dia90 mm
Media/Materials description
Glass
History and use
This glass tankard is part of the Ben Ronalds collection of fine ceramics and glassware. Over his lifetime, Ronalds acquired a world-class collection of Royal Worcester and comparative pieces from other ceramics and glassware manufacturers.
Benjamin Charles Ronalds (born 1892, died 1970) migrated to Australia in 1911 from England, having served an apprenticeship in the glass trade. In Brisbane, he worked with Oxlades glaziers before opening the Decorative Glass Company in West End from 1924, and his success supported his passion, formed in 1946, to collect Royal Worcester porcelain. Over the next almost 25 years he built up a remarkable collection of that factory’s products. As well as collecting locally, he made several trips overseas, and many interstate to Melbourne and Adelaide.
His collection of over 800 pieces was donated to the Queensland Museum in 1976.
Benjamin Charles Ronalds (born 1892, died 1970) migrated to Australia in 1911 from England, having served an apprenticeship in the glass trade. In Brisbane, he worked with Oxlades glaziers before opening the Decorative Glass Company in West End from 1924, and his success supported his passion, formed in 1946, to collect Royal Worcester porcelain. Over the next almost 25 years he built up a remarkable collection of that factory’s products. As well as collecting locally, he made several trips overseas, and many interstate to Melbourne and Adelaide.
His collection of over 800 pieces was donated to the Queensland Museum in 1976.
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Registration number
H12224
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