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Oluf Jørgensen was one of the most important Bergen silversmiths of his generation and the form of this tankard is typical of that town. The 19th-century inscription records that it was presented as a gift, a common use for tankards in Scandinavia.","physicalDescription":"Drum tankard with hinged lid on flared circular base, the lid with engraved foliage, inverted baluster- shaped knop, coat-of-arms and initials ISTHD, the body pounced with later initials L:M:S:M: / T:L:D:M: / 1833, 4 pegs inside.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Jorgensen, Oluf","id":"A10907"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Engraved silver","categories":[{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2006AL0090","2017JU1007","2018KX4409","2018KX4406"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"69 (VA)","id":"THES49729"},"free":"","case":"CA010","shelf":"003","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Tankard","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Bergen (Norway)","id":"x35034"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1652","earliest":"1652-01-01","latest":"1652-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by Arthur James","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"18.40","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"17.50","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"with handle","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"13.20","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"foot","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Inscribed on the lid with a coat-of-arms and the initial ISTHD; inscribed on base with weight: 51.5 L.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":"A8728"},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"Inside the base: maker's mark OSI in monogram in a shaped shield for Oluf Jorgensen; a crowned B, the town mark for Bergen; dated 1652","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":"A8728"},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Arthur James Bequest\n\n\nFrom Catalogue of Scandinavian and Baltic Silver, RW Lightbown, V&A, 1975: 'Oluf Jorgensen, the maker of this fine tankard, is regarded by Krohn-Hansen as the most important Bergen goldsmith of his generation. The form is typical of Bergen c. 1650. The pounced inscription of the front records a nineteenth century gift of the tankard.'","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Tankard, silver, engraved, Norway (Bergen), marker's mark of Oluf Jorgensen, 1652","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Catalogue of Scandinavian and Baltic Silver, RW Lightbown, V&A, 1975: Scandinavian Domestic Silver, Charles Oman, V&A 1959"}],"production":"dated 1652","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"PEG-TANKARD\r\nSilver, the plain side pounced with the later inscription L:M:S:M/T:L:D:M/1833. The lid is engraved with a floral wreath enclosing two merchants marks on escutcheons above the date 1652 and below a scroll with IS. THD.\r\nMarker's mark; for Oluf Jorgensen working as a goldsmith in Bergen from 1650 until 1700.\r\nNorwegian (Bergen mark): dated 1652.\r\nM.30-1948.","date":{"text":"Pre-2000","earliest":"2000-01-01","latest":"2000-12-31"}},{"text":"Silver Gallery:\n'Peg tankards' are known as such from the series of studs, or pegs, applied to the inside of the tankard and designed to mark off individual measures of beer when the tankard was shared. Oluf Jørgensen was one of the most important Bergen silversmiths of his generation. 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