DRINKING JUG, silver. Stamped guard Jacob Nielsen, Oslo 1719-1741. Weight about 1010 grams.

Cylindrical risk on three ball feet with bird claws. Driven and chiseled decor of flowers and leaves. In the lid is a partially gilded medal from the Reformation and Reigns of Trent 1545-63. One side depicts the pope and the other the devil with the text Ecclesia perversa tenet faciem diaboli (The distorted church has the face of a devil). On the other side shows a cardinal and in the other direction a joker with the text Sapientes stulti aliquando (Scholarly men are sometimes foolish). At the bottom is a coin with Fredrik III's monogram, king of Denmark and Norway 1648-1670, and text Dominus providebit (The Lord provides). Thumb grip in the form of an acanthus, handle decorated with mascaron. Height 18 cm.