15929971440001433352847000Standard Recordobject-201719170197591971516546162280001701975718790fitz-onlineadlib-object-201719https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/2017192b982b0b-c6f7-31ed-a21c-d777662a12a87referenceterm-42600adlib-term-426004e9a1739-c949-3aae-844e-963e78b48ae5metalworkreferenceterm-107710adlib-term-107710d271a129-4768-353a-b24c-ae6adaf593b3Ricketts and Shannon CollectionRimreferenceterm-26523adlib-term-26523be13dc0c-1ad2-3793-b5a5-25dfd302cfd2punchedApplied ArtsBrass repoussé dish, large and shallow with gadrooned sides and wide, flat rim, decorated around the outer edge with a repeated punched trilobed pattern. Decorated with a raised centre from which springs a design of twisted gadroons surrounded by two bands of worn lettering.M.52-19371accession numberM.52-1937201719priref201719urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/201719https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/201719referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumThe Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937referenceagent-125314adlib-agent-125314c27a15ba-35cf-3c55-9176-aa32086d25b3Shannon, Charles Haslewood193719371937bequeathed145014501450circa14501600116001600circa1600A similar dish can be found in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (693-1982).We cannot be certain where this dish was made. It may have been made in Nuremberg, the largest centre of European metalwork manufacture between 1400 and 1600, and the location of many ‘basin-makers’ or ‘basin-smiths’. Other centres of brass production included Dinant, in Flanders, and other nearby towns including Bouvignes and Aachen. However, after the downfall of Dinant in 1466, refugee metalworkers had fled elsewhere, exporting this style of dish and the repoussé technique. Dishes were produced in large numbers across Northern Europe, which makes identifying an exact location of production very difficult. They were sold all over Europe including in England.
The central decoration is created using a technique known as repoussé – the design hammer forged between two dies and then punched through from the reverse side of the dish. This technique allowed these dishes to be mass-produced relatively quickly and easily. Both religious and secular designs were popular.referenceterm-107270adlib-term-10727098ebf37f-42ba-3d8c-b75f-102d703acef115th Century#referenceterm-120873adlib-term-1208739c5f3edb-276c-347f-94e5-8c37bffbf061literalGermanyGermanycountryNuremburgreferenceterm-40335adlib-term-4033580b8ec5a-ae92-3ae0-8967-f2a28e1658d4brass (alloy)Depthin1.3Diameterin16referenceterm-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishreferenceterm-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishdishreferenceterm-26505adlib-term-26505cc92fd40-237e-3ec4-8b2a-d047f5f74ccfembossedobject
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