a South German renaissance pewter bowl, Lorenz Appel, Nürnberg second quarter 17th century

the raised centre cast with the Madonna and Child, crowned, within a reef of laurel, the cavetto cast with flowers en foiled scrolls, engraved with two concentric lines, rising to gadrooned border, marked near the edge, the reverse with turning, shoulder splits repaired with solder, rich, grey varnished patina

Literature:
Philips / Dubbe no. 109

Related Literature:
Hintze 1921, pl. 79 and fig. 130

Dubbe 1976, pp. 977-1010