a rare South German renaissance pewter dish, so-called 'Fortunaschüssel', Nicolaus Horchhaimer, Nürnberg After 1567

cast in the centre with the etched allegorical figure of Fortuna and thus inscribed, the cavetto with indistinct mark, the wide border etched with the allegorical figures of the Seven Liberal Arts surrounded by foiled scrolls enlivened by numerous parrots and peacocks, one flanked by the initials NH and grasping an armorial shield charged with an ewer and the numbers 67, the reverse turned, inscribed in ink 3206, LE/BE, repair to shoulder and rim from the reverse, silver grey patina

Literature:
Philips / Dubbe no. 105

Related Literature:
Haedeke 1963, pp. 180-181

Hintze 1964, no. 109-b