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An interesting early Acorn top Laten spoon, English, London c. 1580.

Acorn top and having flat hammered stem and a round touchmark for London in the oval bowl.

Size: 16,2 cm. long.

Condition: Very fine, wear and nice patina with remnants of old silvering intact and strong.

Provenance: Private Collection of Bjørn De Roepstorff, an important Danish castle / mansion collection of Early European antiques.

A scarce and attractive laten spoon with figural top in an unusual condition with preserved gilding, English c. 1630.

The top with a half length female bust and having a wire ‘gulley’ down the flat and bevelled tapering stem and a round touchmark in the oval bowl. The touchmark unusually crisp with the three keys and the lettering for the maker in London.

Size: 16,9 cm. long.

Condition: Extremely fine, superb metal for these, intact. Really nice.

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A scarce and attractive laten spoon with figural top, English c. 1600-1620.

The top with a cloaked figure standing, probably St. Andrews, interesting triangular stem and a round touchmark in the oval bowl. Interesting early type with complicated touchmark, but probably London.

Size: 16,9 cm. long.

Condition: Nice Very fine, nice metal for these, intact and with a wonderful patina.

Provenance: Private Collection of Bjørn De Roepstorff, an important Dan...

A very attractive and fine condition gilt Laten spoon, English c. 1600.

Acorn top and having a wire ‘gulley’ down the flat and bevelled tapering stem and a round touchmark in the oval bowl with three crossed keys for London and the letters of the maker.

Size: 18 cm. long.

Condition: Nice Very fine, fine patina with remaining gilt and tin or silver.

Provenance: Private Collection of Bjørn De Roepstorff, an important Danish castle / mansion collecti...

A very attractive and great condition, formerly gilt and tinned Laten spoon, English, London, c. 1600-1620.

Acorn top and having a wire ‘gulley’ down the flat and bevelled tapering stem and a round touchmark in the oval bowl that depicts a key and the letters RS.

Size: 17 cm. long.

Condition: Good Very fine, nice metal for these, intact with remnants of old tinning and gilding

Provenance: Private Collection of Bjørn De Roepstorff, an important Da...

A very attractive and great condition gilt Laten spoon, English c. 1600-1620.

Acorn top and having a wire ‘gulley’ down the flat and bevelled tapering stem and a round touchmark in the oval bowl.

Size: 17,7 cm. long.

Condition: Nice Very fine, super metal for these, old solder repair from the time of use, but really nicely made.

Provenance: Private Collection of Bjørn De Roepstorff, an important Danish castle / mansion collection of Early European...

A very attractive tall pewter tankard that was manifactured in the year 1780 in Germany, by Joachim Adam Hecht (see picture with details).

Interesting slender style, that widdes out slightly towards the top. Decorated with a baroque style gift saying in German and and 1797 and a Crowned monogram within a wreath. Probably a Guilds type. l

Large profiled base and the lid with high thumbrest. German touchmarks in the top of the handle showing year of manifacture 1780.

A very attractive large pewter tankard of the late 17th.- early 18th. century.

The tankard stands in a beautiful baroque style with a multitude of floral engravings in the microcarving style, Probably Northern Germany, Initialized and dated 1720 in the lid by new owners. German touchmarks in the top of the handle.

Size: 26,5 cm. tall.

Condition: Nice Very fine or better, good metal and sharp engravings with lesser wear than most. A few minor old bumbs and dent...

A lovely renaissance style pewter flagon or jug, made by Ulrich Appel in Nuremberg, Germany c. mid-late 17th. century.

Ulrich Appel became a master of pewter in 1659 and this vessel would have been made shortly thereafter.

The surface of this entire jug is profusely decorated with particularly artfull and tecnically difficult style of late renaissance - early baroque micro-engraving. A large winged angel with long flowing hair in the center front. He has a halo around his ...

A very early pewter water bottle / tea canister, made in the mid 17th. century and dated on the lid 1679!

The 17th century equivalent to a lunch box. this antique pewter receptacle kept liquids warm or cold over 350 years ago.

The octagonal vessel with a screw top features and an embellished ring handle. As something unique, it also has a spout with screw lid, hanging in a chain, fastened to the body with a small bird-shaped fitting. A museum quality item with all 8 panels...

A pair of strictly museum quality massive gothic candlesticks, probably Nuremberg / Nürnberg, renaissance, c. 1500-1550 AD.

These very large pricket canbelabras, probably for ecclesiastical use, doesn't come much better than this present pair. Stepped domed feet, baluster-shaped stems with flaring sockets. The prickets in iron.

Size: The candlesticks measure impressive 36 cm. in height and the bases are 14 cm. wide. The combined weight is around 5,5 kilograms or 5500 gram...

A nice bronzeage paalstaff type of mid bronzeage axe, dating to the mid-late 2nd. millenium BC.

The axe was cat with a long ridge to secure it to the pole / shaft and out-swayed edge.

Size: 16,4 cm. long.

Condition: Near VF and intact, some corrosion and the axe was cleaned at one point.

Provenance: Collection of Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI and WWII at Sværdborg mose (eng. marsh) and Køng mose at So...

A lovely specimen of the sought after renaissance pewter jugs, this one manifactured in 1653 on the basis of the pewter touch marks of the inside lid.

A very early renaissance type European pewter jug in excellent condition with clear marks and engravings. On the front a crowned H and G inside a heart all inside a wreath and below ACK, so this would have been inscribed for a wedding between H and G in 1700 and the donator was probably ACK.

On the lid also HG inside wreath...

A massive and exceptional German Pewter tankard, Manifactured 1751 and dated 1765 on the front.

Profusely decorated over the entire surface with deeply incised beautiful baroque text: 'ANNO 1765
DER ZEIT BEISITZER
XAVARIUS SCHOLTZ
MARTIN ARGELL
ALT GESSEL EN
JOSEPH STINDL - JOHANNES WITRA VOR GEHER
MATHIAS MAYER JOHANNES KYSLING'

The lid also engraved with a guilds symbol within wreath. With German or Austrian Pewtermarks of a horse / Lilly, ...

A lovely early European Pewter tankard or Stein, Germany, dated 1729 on the front.

Decorated with a central image of two shoes and an axe and tool, inside a wreath. Engraved with the NAME: ''ANDRES THYS 1729''

With German Pewter touchmark of a crowned star on the handle as well - see images.

Andres Thys probably received the finely crafted tankard with the impressive stepped lid as a present for graduating as a shoemaker in 1729. Such high quality tankard from ...

A massive early European Pewter Flacon, Hamburg, Germany, manifactured 1751 (touch marks) and dated 1759 on the lid.

Wonderful shape with an integram and very massive spout with a heart-shaped mouth, the handle with thumb rest on the top.
The lid profusely engraved with guild marks, a tang with a nail, crossed keys, a hammer, an iron anker etc., so likely from a guild of metal smiths.
There's also a longer German text all inside a floral wreath.

With German Pewt...

A rare early dated pewter flagon of a massive size with lid and thumbrest, Mid-European, dated 1716 over the stamp in the lid.

A massive vessel, with a bulbous body and profusely engraved with guild / Masonic motifs.

Size: 33 cm. tall.

Condition: Nice Very Fine for the type, intact with minor dings and scratches under a fine greyish patina.

Provenance: Private Collection of Bjørn De Roepstorff, an important Danish castle / mansion collection of Early...

A massive and exceptional early European Pewter Stein, Hamburg, Germany, dated 1776 on the front, but probably made c. 1750.

Profusely decorated over the entire surface with two flanking Lions on either side of a crest of a crowned Bulls head with crossed hatches in the mouth. The body with deeply incised text: GEORG WENCH. V. NICKEL. LEISTER.DIE.SEYN.DER.ZEIT.DIE ELTER.MEISTER. and on the other side: PETER VOLBART.V.JVST.SCHMICHING.DER.ZEIT.DIE.ALT.GESELLEN.SIND. The lid also engr...