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Bowl set with coins

parcel-silver-gilt, Roman coins

c. 1500 - 1600

3.7 cm height; 14 cm diameter; with handle 18.5 cm diameter

Heraldry:: shield of arms of a bear seated holding a sword flanked by the initials P.S. (engraved on the base)
Inscription/Mark (inscription on the middle medallion)

Provenance: 

Place of Creation: Switzerland (probably)
Place of Creation: Germany (possibly)

WA2013.1.23

One-handled bowl, the boss with a medallion of Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the well, around this are set sixteen Roman coins. On the handle a devil and scrollwork. The gilding perhaps later.

Literature: 

Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.

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