A pewter salver in Renaissance style, so-called 'Pyramus- und Thisbe-Schuessel', Probably South German, after a French model 19th century

the raised centre cast with Pyramus and Thisbe by the mulberry tree, surrounded by the allegorical figures of the Four Elements, two bands of foliate scrolls and cartouches, plain cavetto, the rim cast with the Creation and the Story of Adam and Eve in six scenes, interspersed by masques within cartouches; the reverse engraved with the initials H.L.R., dark grey varnished patina

Literature:
Philips / Dubbe no. 151

Related Literature:
Demiani 1867

Haedeke 1963, fig. 123

Begegnungen 1966, no. 31

Deurne-Antwerpen 1956, no. 110, fig. 1

Mory 1975, fig. 69