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16th century brass alms dish
- Period
- Circa 1520 - 1550
- Origin
- Nuremberg
- Dimensions
- W 10 1/4"
- Reference
- #Marh1090
This piece has been sold. It is shown here for reference in our archive.
Description
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’.