Object details
Accession number
M21w14
Primary Creator
Hans Pettersen Blytt
(Bergen, 1683 - 1759, Bergen)
Full title
Peg Tankard
Creation Date
about 1740
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Marks
Stamped (exterior, bottom): HB [in an oval, probably the mark of Hans Pettersen Blytt], a gate with seven balls underneath [the mark of the town of Bergen] , a crab, two unidentified marks.
Incised (exterior, lid): Det Heels Tarv, Ved Söefart Fremes ["Navigation furthers the interests of the whole (society)"
Incised (exterior, front): JFD, H:L., D:L. [possibly marks of owners], W 75 lod [1,086 grams]
Dimensions
8 x 14 cm (2 15/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Silver
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Dutch Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 182. (as probably Danish, Copenhagen; dated about 1700)
Frances L. Preston. "Provenance for a Silver Tankard." Fenway Court (1971), pp. 33-37, figs. 1-3. (as Hans Pettersen Blytt, dated about 1740)
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