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TANKARD [4 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

tankard: an item in the "Food Service Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

pot à bière : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de service des aliments» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
  • Glasses (table setting)
DEF

A one-handled drinking vessel, usually with a hinged pewter lid. The prescribed capacity of an old tankard was about a quart; anything smaller is better called a mug.

OBS

See illustration 481 in BOPOT.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Verres (service de table)
OBS

On retrouve le terme «chope» comme traduction de «tankard» dans le Système de classification des collections historiques du Service canadien des parcs, 1992.

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Household Utensils and Appliances
DEF

a tall one-handled jug or mug. usually of pewter, sometimes with a lid: used chiefly for drinking beer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement ménager

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Goldsmithing and Silversmithing
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
OBS

the term was applied to drinking vessels formerly made of wooden staves and bound with metal, and now in particular to a tall jug or mug provided with a handle, chiefly made of pewter, stoneware, earthenware and to some extent of silver, sometimes fitted with a lid and principally used for drinking beer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orfèvrerie et argenterie
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Récipient à boire, en matériaux variés, servant de mesure pour le vin et les alcools, et dont la capacité correspond aujourd'hui à un demi-litre; (...)

Spanish

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