Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks & The Age of Oak - 2nd October 2025

Lot 1026

A SCANDINAVIAN SPOUTED PEG JUG

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000

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Description

A SCANDINAVIAN SPOUTED PEG JUG

18TH CENTURY

the ovoid body carved with a scene of a huntsman being chased by a bear, the reverse with a huntsman shooting a deer, beneath a meandering band, the spout inserted into the body, the hinged cover carved with a lion passant with a scrolling thumbpiece on a pegged handle, on three lion feet, with stamped marks to the underside of the cover and base

26.5cm high

Catalogue Note

For a similar spouted jug see Edward H. Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, plate 48B with written details on page 58.