16th century brass alms dish

Circa 1520 - 1550
Nuremberg

W 10 1/4

Stock # Marh1090

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16th century brass alms dish of very rare form, decorated on the reverse with a swirl of 16 gadroons around a central vacant circle, the rim with a band of punch decoration. Rare collector's piece. Note: K. Tiedemann mentions 'Inverted dishes constitute a rare and largely unknown group'.