Property from an Important English Private Collection
A Norwegian carved birch tankard, late 18th/early 19th century
Lot Closed
November 9, 02:14 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important English Private Collection
A Norwegian carved birch tankard, late 18th/early 19th century
the flat domed lid with relief carved decoration including a crowned lion, the thumbpiece in the form of a recumbent lion, the plain drum raised upon conforming feet
21.5cm. high, 20cm. wide; 8 ½in., 8in.
Sections of birch trunk worked to form lidded tankards are usually particular to Norway, and the same form is often seen in silver. For another birch tankard, possibly by the same hand, see that sold Sotheby's, Olympia, 18 November 2003, lot 272.
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