Replica of the Viking Cup from Fejø - real silver plated.
That beautiful crafted Viking cup was made according to a historical silver beaker from the isle of Fejø in Denmark which dated to the middle of the 8th century AD.
During field work on the Danish island of Fejø in 1872, an exclusive
beverage service was found, consisting of a lavishly decorated vessel with five smaller drinking cups inside: the so-called "Fejøbæger".
The Viking cup from Fejø is shown today in the permanent exhibition of the Danish
National Museum in Copenhagen.
Link to the original Fejø Cup...
The original Fejø cup was made of gilded silver with wedge-cut patterns and Niello inlays and
engraved motifs. Our replica on the contrar is made from real silver plated brass.
In terms of dimensions and design, our replica
largely corresponds to the historical model, whereby the less artful, original engravings were deliberately not adopted, in order to better show off the elaborate notching carvings.
The Viking cup has a
size of 8.5 x 7.5 cm.
The capacity is
about 0.25 l ml which makes that Viking beaker very suitable as a stylish drinking vessel for wine or to be used as whiskey tumbler.
This Viking mug is a historical prop that is produced in small quantities and therefore does not have food law certification. Therefore, we are obliged to the following notice: Prop - not certified for food contact.
When the farmer Rasmus Pedersen was ploughing his fields in September 1872, a large silver cup came to light, inside of which were five other, smaller cups - the so-called
Fejøbæger, which is why his homestead was henceforth known simply as the Silver Mountain Farm.
Rasmus Pedersen sold his treasure find for 43 gold dollars through a
middleman to a goldsmith who probably intended to melt the cups and reuse the metal, but fortunately the cups were saved from the crucible.
Because of his trade with the goldsmith, the finder Rasmus Pedersen and his
accomplice received no compensation and were instead sentenced to a few days simple imprisonment and a fine for unlawful treatment.
The largest silver cup, commonly called the Fejøbeger, was probably made in a monastery workshop around the year 750. It is a so-called pyxis. That is, a cup in which the consecrated sacramental bread for the Lord's Supper is kept and which was one of the central objects during the Christian mass.
It is likely that Vikings captured the Fejøbeger cup
during a raid on a church or monastery. Probably in the 900s, the entire beverage set was then buried either as a sacrifice or as treasure.
That the service was used extensively can be seen from the large cup, which had already
been repaired with sheet metal and rivets long before it was deposited as treasure.
Other silver cups from the Viking Age have been found in
Ribe and Lejre, as well as in several places outside Scandinavia.
The original Fejøbæger is now kept and exhibited in the National Museum in Copenhagen, together with four remaining smaller cups.
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