The beaker has a very special history, linked to the discovery of the short golden horn and the Hollesen family in Gallehus.

Gallehus is located two km northeast of Møgeltønder in South Jutland (Sønderjylland - North Schleswig). It was here that the Golden Horns – also called "the Golden Horns from Gallehus” – were found; the so-called long one in 1639 and the so-called short one in 1734. The latter was found by two farmers, one of whom was the farm worker Nicolai Hollesen (1695–1761). He now became a farm owner when he bought a farm in Gallehus for his bounty of 200 rigsdaler and went from being a tenant to being a freeholder. The farm was called “Guldhornsgaarden” (The Golden Horn Farm) and was located on “Guldhornsmarken” (The Golden Horn Field). His son, Holle Nicolaisen (1753–1831) took over the farm, which in turn was inherited by his son, Nicolai Hollesen (1804–1863), married in 1829 to Adelheit Callesen (1807–1877). The Hollesen family felt a special pride in their history for generations - also going forward. Although the horns were stolen from The Danish National Museum and remelted in 1802, the family remained a central part of the story. Nicolai Hollesen (1804–1863) himself experienced the great national interest in the golden horns that flourished in the Romantic era, when the golden horns became a symbol of Denmark's prime.

“Guldhornsgaarden” was taken over by his son Hans Ludvig Hollesen (1830–1902) and after him by his son, Nicolai Hollesen (1867–1939). This Nicolai Hollesen was born on February 4 and named after his grandfather and, not least, his great-great-grandfather, who helped find the short Golden Horn. The North Schleswig Baroque silver cup is therefore a gift to Nicolai Hollesen (1867–1939) on his first birthday from his grandmother, Adelheitd Hollesen, née Callesen. At this time, Nicolai Hollesen's farm was well-established as one of the central properties in the small village of Gallehus. Nicolai Hollesen (1867–1939) became a local personality as well. He was also a proud witness to the area becoming a national gathering point when the memorial stones for the Golden Horns were erected in 1907 by Count Otto Didrik Schack from Schackenborg near Møgeltønder.

Provenance: Christian Peter Jensen (b. Jernvedlund near Ribe 1893, d. in the late 1970s in Haderslev). He was known as “Antik-Jensen” in his antique shop in Haderslev in the 1950s-1970s. Thence by his descendants until today.