STAMPED WITH UNIDENTIFIED TOWNMARK, MAKER'S MARK FT WITH BALUSTER OPENWORK IMPLEMENT BETWEEN AND DATE-LETTER C, THE NETHERLANDS, CIRCA 1547

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A RARE AND EARLY SILVER-MOUNTED WOODEN BOWL
STAMPED WITH UNIDENTIFIED TOWNMARK, MAKER'S MARK FT WITH BALUSTER OPENWORK IMPLEMENT BETWEEN AND DATE-LETTER C, THE NETHERLANDS, CIRCA 1547
CIRCULAR PLAIN WOODEN BOWL, ON SILVER CIRCULAR SPREADING BASE CHASED WITH PLAIN ROUNDELS, THE FOOTRIM INSCRIBED ON REVERSE 'V.LORT:MIIO' AND THE DATE '.1547.', THE CRACKED WOODEN BOWL INSET WITH A CHASED PLAQUE REPRESENTING THE 'BIRTH OF EVE' WITHIN CORDED RIM, DEPICTING THE SEATED FIGURE OF GOD, CROWNED AND HOLDING AN ORB, CENTRED BY EVE PRAYING AND THE SLEEPING FIGURE OF ADAM BESIDE,WITH TREES IN THE BACKGROUND, THE PLAIN SILVER UPPER RIM ENGRAVED WITH A GLOVED HAND POINTING TO THE RIGHT AND INSCRIBED '. WIE - BENIT - EN - ANDERS - PROFIT - DAET - EN - IS - NIET - GOET - HI - VERSLIT - QVALICK - SIN - TIT - ENDE -QVELT - SIN - BLOET - AMEN', MARKED ON BASE
16 CM. DIAM.

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THE TEXT IN OLD DUTCH MAY BE TRANSLATED INTO CONTEMPORARY DUTCH AS: 'WIE BENIJDT EEN ANDERMANS PROFIJT - DAT IS NIET GOED - HIJ VERSPILT OP KWALIJKE WIJZE ZIJN TIJD EN KWELT ZIJN LIJF (BLOED = HART = LIJF) ZO ZIJ HET'

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