Ewer and Basin
16th century (made)
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This copper dish was a luxury object designed to display the status of its owner. The maker would have used punches and hammers to work from the back of the metal to create the raised or embossed surface. Silversmiths often used this technique on silver, and copper was sufficiently malleable to be worked in the same way.
From about 1500 to 1600 Italian metalworkers decorated copperware with rich decoration that usually covered the whole surface. The strapwork and scrolling foliage on this dish are decorative motifs that were part of the Mannerist style that appeared in Northern Italy in about the 1520s.
From about 1500 to 1600 Italian metalworkers decorated copperware with rich decoration that usually covered the whole surface. The strapwork and scrolling foliage on this dish are decorative motifs that were part of the Mannerist style that appeared in Northern Italy in about the 1520s.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Copper, with repoussé |
| Brief description | Copper dish with scrolling foliage, strapwork and a shield in the centre, Italian, 16th century |
| Physical description | With scroll foliage and strapwork, and a shield in the centre. |
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| Summary | This copper dish was a luxury object designed to display the status of its owner. The maker would have used punches and hammers to work from the back of the metal to create the raised or embossed surface. Silversmiths often used this technique on silver, and copper was sufficiently malleable to be worked in the same way. From about 1500 to 1600 Italian metalworkers decorated copperware with rich decoration that usually covered the whole surface. The strapwork and scrolling foliage on this dish are decorative motifs that were part of the Mannerist style that appeared in Northern Italy in about the 1520s. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 714A-1884 |
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| Record created | January 12, 2004 |
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