An early Danish Baroque silver peg tankard, of cylindrical form, domed and hinged cover engraved with vines centering an alliance coat of arms with owners' initials and year LLS ICD HI SK ND 1664, the smooth body front pricked with owners' initials PL JP, scroll handle with forked pomegranate thumb-piece, raised on three cast pomegranate supports with foliage above. Maker Anders Nielsen, Copenhagen c. 1664. Weight 934 g. H. 17.5 cm.
Provenance: From the collection of supreme court litigator Ole Gangsted-Rasmussen (1911–1998).
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