£480
A BIRCH PEG TANKARD, NORWEGIAN, 18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF M. HAGE, the hinged domed cover centred by a lion rampant within a scrolling foliate band, a further lion surmounting the thumbpiece and incised decoration running down the handle, raised on three lion-form feet. 20cm high
Note: Containers like this were used to serve sour cream porridge (rømmegrøt). They also carried a ritual significance and were often given to mothers after childbirth
Signs of old worm on the nose of the hound on handle, old repair and restorations. Commensurate with age,
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