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Tankard engraved with scenes of the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London
Gallery 509 · I N · 1675/76 · Met web page
A silver tankard engraved with scenes of the Great Plague of London (1665) and the Great Fire (1666). Commissioned as gifts to commemorate survival of these catastrophic events.
Gallery 307 → Gallery 509
To Tankard engraved with scenes of the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London
Walk from gallery 307 through galleries 516 to reach gallery 509, where this tankard is displayed among other examples of European decorative arts.