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PROPERTY OF OLD SOUTH CHURCH IN BOSTON
A NORWEGIAN SILVER PEG TANKARD
BERGEN, CIRCA 1667
细节
A NORWEGIAN SILVER PEG TANKARD
BERGEN, CIRCA 1667
Cylindrical, on spreading circular foot, the scroll handle with engraved flowers and winged cherub terminal, the interior gilt, with pegs, the hinged domed cover with eagle thumb piece and engraved with flowers and a banner with initials and dated 1697, the body engraved with "Samuel Johnson from his wife Mary Dec. 25.1874"; marked on base with scratch weight
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high; 28 oz. (883 gr.)
BERGEN, CIRCA 1667
Cylindrical, on spreading circular foot, the scroll handle with engraved flowers and winged cherub terminal, the interior gilt, with pegs, the hinged domed cover with eagle thumb piece and engraved with flowers and a banner with initials and dated 1697, the body engraved with "Samuel Johnson from his wife Mary Dec. 25.1874"; marked on base with scratch weight
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high; 28 oz. (883 gr.)
来源
The Old South Church was organized in Boston in 1669 and the congregation grew to include some of America's most prominent thinkers and statesmen. Benjamin Franklin was baptized there in 1707, and patriots Samuel Adams and William Dawes launched the Boston Tea Party from its steps in 1773.
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Nick Dinerstein
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