A NORWEGIAN SILVER TANKARD
A NORWEGIAN SILVER TANKARD
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A NORWEGIAN SILVER TANKARD

MARK OF ERICH OLSEN, TRONDHEIM, 1656-1672

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A NORWEGIAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF ERICH OLSEN, TRONDHEIM, 1656-1672
Cylindrical, on three lion feet, the hinged cover with lion thumbpiece and engraved with a band of flowers framing two coat-of-arms accolé with inscription 'H.PEDER. LAURITZ.S.KRABBE SUSANNA. OLUFS DATTER' and date '1662', the handle engraved with initials 'H.R.M.S.R 1774', marked underneath, with scratch weight V=81 ½ lod
8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
38 oz. 10 dwt. (1,198 gr.)
The arms on the cover are those of Peder Lauritsen Crab (1596-1662) of Øye, Strangvik.
Provenance
Acquired by the philanthropist and collector Ogden Mills (1856-1929) for his Parisian residence 73, rue de Varenne, inherited by his daughter,
Beatrice, Countess of Granard (1883-1972), by descent in the family.

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Lot Essay

Peder Lauritsen Crab was born in 1596 in Øye; he became a parish priest to Aure, eventually becoming a Provost to Nordmøres in 1662, where he died in 1686. In 1623 he married, in Trondheim, Susanne Olsdatter Skriver, daughter of Oluf Jensen Skriver, who bore him twelve children.

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