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UNMARKED, DATED 1648
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A German silver-mounted serpentine tankard
Unmarked, dated 1648
Pear-shaped with engraved scalloped foot mount, silver mid-rib, scroll handle and hinged domed cover engraved with coat-of-arms within mantling and initials, with pomegranate thumbpiece
6in. (16.5cm.) high
The initials reads NL over F L MG over M
The coat-of-arms are those of the Danish family Lange quartering Giedde-Basse-Urne, which relate to the marriage of a member of Lange family (NL) to a member of Giedde family (MG) in 1648.
Unmarked, dated 1648
Pear-shaped with engraved scalloped foot mount, silver mid-rib, scroll handle and hinged domed cover engraved with coat-of-arms within mantling and initials, with pomegranate thumbpiece
6in. (16.5cm.) high
The initials reads NL over F L MG over M
The coat-of-arms are those of the Danish family Lange quartering Giedde-Basse-Urne, which relate to the marriage of a member of Lange family (NL) to a member of Giedde family (MG) in 1648.