Antique Solid Silver Tankard, Beer Stein With 1696 IIII Marck Danske Coin And Figurative Lions

  

Beautiful antique silver solid Danish or Norwegian heavy tankard, beer stein. He has 4 figurative lions holding balls, 3 as feet and 1 as a piece of thumb. In the top of the lid, it has an original silver piece of 1696 of 4 marck crowns inke gluckstadt. It is also visible inside its lid, although the gold washed. Washed gold is the whole inside of the tankard, too.

The lid and sides are covered with embossed flowers. On the front (see last photo), the name hans w. Finne" is inscribed, while at the bottom (see photo) is marked "foelles forretningen" and "1905-1923. In the lower center, it is marked 830s and there is a small mark, which, unfortunately, I was not able to identify or capture to the camera. The lid and its mechanism work very well. It is 22.5 cm (8.9 inches) high. Pesus 1114 grams of massive silver.