Wooden Beer Tankard

Material : Oak, birch.
Made in England or the Baltics, c1620.
Descended in the family of Mayflower passenger Peter Brown.

This 10" tall beer tankard is fashioned like a barrel and was probably made by a cooper, or barrel-maker.  The tankard is made of oak staves fastened by birch hoops.

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