CIRCA 1500

Details

A RARE NUREMBERG ALMS DISH
CIRCA 1500
The centre embossed with a shield, a helmet and plumes and probably later engraved with foliage and hatching
18 in. (46 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

For similar see Herman Lockner, Messing, 1982, p. 32 fig 4, and the Connoisseur, June 1929, Early Nuremburg brass dishes by Lieut-Colonel J.G.Birch, fig. 10.
Birch argues that this type of dish made by hand punching including Coats-of-Arms were made as special orders.

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