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A SPANISH SILVER-GILT FOOTED DISH
A SPANISH SILVER-GILT FOOTED DISH
A SPANISH SILVER-GILT FOOTED DISH
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A SPANISH SILVER-GILT FOOTED DISH

CUENCA, MID-16TH CENTURY

Details
A SPANISH SILVER-GILT FOOTED DISH
CUENCA, MID-16TH CENTURY
The circular dish centered by a classical bust of a man with a laurel wreath within a ring of scrolling foliage bordered by bellflowers, raised on a knopped baluster stem chased with winged putti and acanthus, on a spreading circular foot similarly chased with scrolling foliage and busts, marked on top of foot
7 7⁄8 in. (20 cm.) diameter
21 oz. 14 dwt. (674.9 gr.)
Provenance
Acquired from S.J. Phillips Ltd., London, October 2010.
Literature
T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 5, pp. 70-72.

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Lot Essay

Unlike other dishes meant purely for decoration, the present lot would have likely served a more functional role on the table, either for the display of food or for wine. Similar vessels can be seen in a 1574 painting by Flemish artist Antoon Claessens, now in the Groeningemuseum, Bruges (Inv. No. 0000.GRO0023.I), which depicts a group of officials at a banquet, with silver dishes for food and gilt dishes for wine.

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