These tankards are amongst the earliest enamelled wares based on a European metal or ceramic prototype.
They are decorated in strong Kakiemon colours on a washed biscuit ground, the rims have gilt-metal mounts and the glazed upper handles are pierced for metal mounts, 15cm high, 10cm diameter.
The 1688 Burghley Inventory records: ‘The Drawing Roome…China over the Chimney….2 painted Relev’d brown Juggs with handles Guilt Rimms.’
