A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER DISH AFTER THE TEMPERANTIA BASIN
A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER DISH AFTER THE TEMPERANTIA BASIN

MARK OF FREDERICK ELKINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, 1875

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A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER DISH AFTER THE TEMPERANTIA BASIN
MARK OF FREDERICK ELKINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, 1875
Circular and with ovolo border, chased with eight cartouches, depicting Minerva and the Seven Liberal Arts, the centre cast with a medallion depicting Temperance holding a wine-cup and ewer, surrounded by the four classical elements, all within further cast masks and strapwork, marked inside
18 ½ in. (47 cm.) diam.
55 oz. 18 dwt. (1,738 gr.)

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The Temperantia Basin, one of the highlights of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s pewter collection (Mus. No. 5477-1859), is signed with the initials ‘FB’ on the central boss for Francois Briot, the most celebrated member of a French family of medallists and die-cutters. This dish, along with the Mars Basin, in the collection of the Louvre, have long been the inspiration for other artists, from as early as the 17th-century, when the Nuremberg modeller, Caspar Enderlein created a dish inspired by the Temperantia Basin.
In the 19th century, Elkington, Mason and Co. began production of electrotypes which allowed copies of items such as the Temperantia and Mars basins which was used as the Wimbledon Ladies Singles Tennis Trophy.

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