A Danish Baroque silver peg tankard, of cylindrical smooth form, domed and hinged cover engraved with flower wreath centering two shields with owners' initials BPS MLD, the body front engraved with a laurel wreath and pricked with owners' initials and year PNSB ARMS 1853, scroll handle with forked pomegranate thumb-piece, raised on three cast pomegranate supports with foliage above. Maker Gert Clausen, Viborg c. 1660. Weight 336 g. H. 12 cm.
Provenance: From the collection of supreme court prosecutor Ole Gangsted-Rasmussen (1911–1998).
Antiques and ancient weapons, 3 December 2024