Nuremberg Bowl.
Germany, Nuremberg, 16th century
Brass.
Diameter 36 cm.
The state of preservation clearly indicates the age of the item and the fact that the bowls were intensively used to the limits of their capacity.
NUREMBERG BOWL, brass, 16th century
zł1,200.00
Nuremberg Bowl.
Germany, Nuremberg, 16th century
Brass.
Diameter 36 cm.
The state of preservation clearly indicates the age of the item and the fact that the bowls were intensively used to the limits of their capacity.
Description
The bottom of the bowl passes almost perpendicularly into the not very high side wall. Wide collar with rolled-up edge. Convex center of the bottom of the bowl emphasized by a small circle and surrounded by two half-cylinders. Then sixteen teardrop-shaped curls in a spiral arrangement surrounded by a half-cylinder. The remaining surface was probably filled with an inscription and curling right next to the side wall. The collar also had decoration.
r: #888888;"Nuremberg Bowls - decorated metal vessels, the main center of their production was located in Nuremberg. In 1493, bowl makers were given guild status, only Nuremberg burghers could do this. In 1618, the law was repealed and the craft collapsed. The bowls had a wide range of uses. In the homes of poorer burghers, they were only decorative, in wealthier ones, they were used for washing hands, and were used by barbers while working. In the 17th century, when they began to go out of fashion, they were willingly donated to churches, where they were used as sacrificial or baptismal bowls, for ashes or earth.
: #888888;"Source: B. Bartkowiak, Brass Nuremberg Bowls in the Collections of the Archdiocesan Museum in Poznań, Ecclesia. Studies in the History of Wielkopolska, vol. 7, 2012.