NUREMBERG BOWL, brass, 16th century

The bowl has a wide collar with a rolled edge. The bottom of the bowl is decorated: in the center a round curl surrounded by ten more arranged radially. The composition is surrounded by a half-cylinder. The rest of the bottom is smooth. The collar is decorated with an arcade frieze right at the edge.

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 In 1618, the law was repealed and the craft collapsed.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.