A Danish Baroque embossed and chased silver peg tankard, of cylindrical smooth form, hinged and domed cover with flowers and foliage, surrounding a French ecu from 1701, sides engraved with bowed leaf wreath with owners' initials and year JBS MSD 1718 and pricked heart-shaped leaf wreath with owners' initials and year AJsS EMKLS Hvorup 1853, scroll-beaded handle with mask, standing lion with ball thumb-piece and three similar raised feet with foliage above. Maker Thore Sørensen, Aalborg 1704–1732. Weight 890 g. H. 19 cm.
Provenance: Property of a Zealand manor. The peg tankard was part of a family property trust, which was founded about 125 years ago and dissolved within recent years. The peg tankard has not been on the open market since the trust was founded.
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