Tankard
date: label: date made
content: 1663
name: label: previous owner
content: Pell, Alfred Duane
notes: label: Description
content: Oversized, raised cylindrical peg tankard with a flat-top dome lid, flared rim, and a cast crouching-lion-and-ball figure for the thumb piece and three feet. Lid is engraved "H•R•P•S - G•J•D" above two armorial devices or coats of arms and the date "1663", all framed by large blooms filling the perimeter. Wrigglework engraved tulips, daffodils, and petaled flowers encircle the body; script initials on front "A.A.S.D. / G.O.D.N." added later. Five-knuckle hinge with engraved rounded drop; hollow, D-section, S-curve handle with flat pinwheel-shape terminal. Four ball pegs inside. Underside of rounded bottom has centerpoint and incised compass design and is struck once "I•R" in raised serif letters near center with weight "W=80 Lod" and "241" engraved at left.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Norway: Hordaland, Bergen
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.0327
label: catalog number
content: 60.0327
label: accession number
content: 225282
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tankard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/8 in x 8 1/4 in x 7 in; 20.6375 cm x 20.955 cm x 17.78 cm