POSSIBLY ITALIAN, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

A similar armorial tazza is illustrated in R.Gentle and R.Feild, English Domestic Brass, New York, 1975, p.164, fig.219 (called Italian, circa 1680). The authors note the rarity of this form. These tazze, or footed salvers, were used on the table to display sweetmeats or fruit, or as stands for glasses. A pair of armorial tazze, illustrated in the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair Handbook of 1985 (p.48) are now in an American private collection.