A mid-16th century brass alms bowl, Nuremberg, circa 1500-50
REF: 5121
Maker marked to narrow rim, of deep, pot-bellied form, with gadrooned booge, centred by a rose within a band of 'Gothic' script, leafy punches to rim
The maker's mark is illustrated, Klaus Tiedemann, 'Nuemberg Alms Dishes' (2015), p. 25, pl. d. A surprising large number of this type of period alms bowl are not maker marked. A similar rose design is illustrated ibid., p. 138, pl. XXIe
Provenance: Label to rear notes formerly in the collection of Henry C. Lawrence (1859-1919); an American collector of medieval art, principally stain glass, with items formerly in his collection now at the Glencairn Museum, Pennsylvania and the Metropolitan Museum, New York
- Height 8.6 cm / 3 "
- Diameter 28.5 cm / 11 "
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