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The tankard is exquisitely engraved with apple trees, tulips, roses, exotic birds and the figures of a man in late 17th century costume and a young child. Tankards were often given as gifts, especially at times of family celebration such as birth or marriage. This tankard is inscribed with the names of an ironmaster and his wife and son, so may have been a birth or christening present. Decoration inspired by botanical drawings was very popular throughout Europe in the late 17th century.","physicalDescription":"Cylindrical tankard with hinged lid, 3 ball feet in the form of pomegranates, the body engraved with trees, birds and a man, inside gilt and with row of pegs, handle cast and with fruit knop, lid set with memorial medal of Frederick III.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Nieman, Hans (the Elder)","id":"A10814"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"},{"text":"gold","id":"AAT11021"}],"techniques":[{"text":"raising","id":"AAT237068"},{"text":"gilding","id":"AAT53789"},{"text":"engraving","id":"AAT53829"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silver, parcel-gilt, raised engraved with cast feet and thumbpiece","categories":[{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2021NA7392","2021NA7395","2021NA7394","2021NA7397","2006AF3663","2021NA7393","2021NA7396","2006BJ1589","2006AF3664","2018KX0306"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"003","id":"THES399659"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Tankard","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"No","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Drammen","id":"x37437"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1680","earliest":"1675-01-01","latest":"1684-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"15.20","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"19.00","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"with handle","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"13.00","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"foot","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Jens Olufson. 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The tankard was originally thought to be Danish and by an unidentified maker. The mark however is that of Nieman, born around 1630 and working from 1679 in Strømsø where he died in 1721. Strømsø, incorporated in 1615, lies on the south side of the Drammen River and now forms part of the modern town of Drammen.\n \nThe ironmaster Jens Olufsen Bruun, whose name is inscribed on this tankard together with that of his wife Anna Dorthea Povelsdatter (d. 1709) was born c. 1653 and was buried on 29 July 1707. He was joint owner of the Hasel ironworks in Eiker and from 1691 to 1699 tenant of the ironworks at Kongsberg. In addition he owned the estate of Berg near Kongsberg. They had five children, one of whom was the Olle Jensson Bruun whose name is also inscribed on the tankard. Olle was purveyor to the silver mines and died in 1714. It is likely that the medallion is a later addition.\n\nThe V&amp;A acquired this tankard in 1910 with four others (Museum numbers M.485-490-1910) for £299 from the well-known silver dealer, Marius Hammer of 57 Strandgaden, Bergen, Norway. Hammer's collection was described at the time by the V&amp;A's Director, Cecil Harcourt Smith, as 'the most important collection in Norway of old Norwegian and other silver.' (Acquisition RF: 10/5157M)","historicalContext":"Peg tankards were for sharing beer. A row of vertical pegs runs down the inside of the tankard marking each person's measure as the tankard was passed around. Going over your allotted measure was the height of bad manners and potentially humiliating for the next person to drink. This humiliation is behind one suggested origin for the phrase, 'to take someone down a peg.'","briefDescription":"Peg tankard of silver, made c. 1680, by Hans Niemann the Elder of Strømsø (Drammen), Norway, 3 ball feet in the form of  pomegranates, the body richly engraved with flowers, trees and a man picking fruit and with inscriptions for Jens Olufsen Bruun, Anna Dorthea Povelsdatter and their child Olle Jensson Bruun. The lid is set with a memorial medal of Frederick III.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"R.W. 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Makers mark for Hans Nieman the Elder master in Stromso 1679-1721.\r\nOn the front is a coat of arms with names inscribed: the lid is set with silver-gilt memorial medal of Frederick III OF Denmark (D.1670/1). The inside is graduated with pegs.\r\nM. 488-1910.","date":{"text":"Pre-2000","earliest":"2000-01-01","latest":"2000-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["M.488-1910"],"accessionNumberNum":"488","accessionNumberPrefix":"M","accessionYear":1910,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-05-06","recordCreationDate":"2004-02-09","availableToBook":true}}