A Danish silver peg tankard, possibly Jens Heinsen, Fredericia, circa 1778
A Danish silver peg tankard, possibly Jens Heinsen, Fredericia, circa 1778
the body simply chased with foliage, the flat-domed cover inset with a Louis XV French silver Ecu dated 1726, prick-engraved N.S.S.H.WB, M.M.D.B. and dated 1778, rearing crowned lion and orb thumbpiece, the three feet similarly modelled, the underside with scratchweight Vog 68 Lod
19cm., 7 1/2 in. high
966gr., 31oz.
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A Danish silver peg tankard, possibly Jens Heinsen, Fredericia, circa 1778
the body simply chased with foliage, the flat-domed cover inset with a Louis XV French silver Ecu dated 1726, prick-engraved N.S.S.H.WB, M.M.D.B. and dated 1778, rearing crowned lion and orb thumbpiece, the three feet similarly modelled, the underside with scratchweight Vog 68 Lod
19cm., 7 1/2 in. high
966gr., 31oz.