A DANISH SILVER PEG TANKARD MARK OF NIELS GERTSEN THORBRÜGGER, KOLDING, CIRCA 1730
Cylindrical on three pomegranate-form ball feet, the body later chased with scenes of an army and figures on horseback before a city surrounded by scrolls, the front engraved Nis Jörgensen Möller Maren Matz Daatter, 1760 below a coronet, with loop handle and pinecone-form thumbpiece, the hinged cover engraved Iwer Andersen Gamst Christense Peders Datter FG 1728 and set with a coin dated 1677, marked twice on underside with maker's mark
63⁄4 in. (17.2 cm.) high
18 oz. 10 dwt. (575 gr.)
Provenance
Property from the Estate of H.R.H. The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, KG., KT., KP.; Christie's, London, 26-27 January 2006, lot 177.
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Cylindrical on three pomegranate-form ball feet, the body later chased with scenes of an army and figures on horseback before a city surrounded by scrolls, the front engraved Nis Jörgensen Möller Maren Matz Daatter, 1760 below a coronet, with loop handle and pinecone-form thumbpiece, the hinged cover engraved Iwer Andersen Gamst Christense Peders Datter FG 1728 and set with a coin dated 1677, marked twice on underside with maker's mark
63⁄4 in. (17.2 cm.) high
18 oz. 10 dwt. (575 gr.)
Provenance
Property from the Estate of H.R.H. The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, KG., KT., KP.; Christie's, London, 26-27 January 2006, lot 177.