Large 18th Century Scandinavian Antique Treen Peg Tankard / Birchwood Tankard

Large 18th Century Scandinavian Antique Treen Peg Tankard / Birchwood TankardA highly decorative late 18th Century Scandinavian antique treen tankard constructed from birch. Decorated in Norse style, with a lid decorated with a carved beast and surrounded by scratched and chip carved detail; the hinge decorated with a further wild beast carved in the round with spokes radiating out from the central hinge pin and decorative handle. The main body pole lathe turned from a single piece of birch supported on three decoratively