A group of five brass bowls mostly South German and 16th century

of the type usually referred to as alms bowls, one repoussé with Adam and Eve, another with the Pelican in Piety, another with pomegranates, the two other bowls probably lacking a rim; together with a brass dish with raised central boss surrounded by Gothic lettering

Brass cleaned, one bowl splattered however with verdigris, wear and repair commensurate with age and use
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