Dish
ca. 1650 (made)
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Pewter 'Temperantia' dish with cast reliefs of allegorical figures. The figure of Temperance is in the centre.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pewter with cast reliefs. |
| Brief description | Pewter 'Temperantia' dish with cast reliefs of allegorical figures. German, 1611. |
| Physical description | Pewter 'Temperantia' dish with cast reliefs of allegorical figures. The figure of Temperance is in the centre. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Dated 1611 (Date in the mould; object cast later) |
| Gallery label | Cast of
The Temperance Basin
Mould engraved by Caspar Enderlein, Nuremberg,
Germany, 1611
Slightly larger than François Briot’s original Temperance Basin, this version is signed and dated in the mould by the Nuremberg modeller, Caspar Enderlein. He did not take moulds from Briot’s dishes but made very close copies, replacing Briot’s initials with his own. On Enderlein’s versions, the panels of decoration have been orientated differently. The pewterer, Hans Sigmund Geisser, cast this dish in around 1650, nearly 40 years after Enderlein engraved the mould.
Cast pewter
Signed ‘CE’ in the mould
Mark of Hans Siegmund
Geisser, Nuremberg, Germany,
about 1650
Museum no. 5477-1859(30.11.18) |
| Object history | Germany, dated 1611 (date in the mould but cast later), 'Temperantia' dish cast in relief with a figure of Temperance surrounded by the Four Elements. Modelled by Caspar Enderlein of Nüremberg (1560?-1633) based on the Temperantia dishes of François Briot (museum number 2063-1855). Mark of Hans Siegmund Giesser of Nüremberg (working 1652-1682); Pewter (Soulages Collection) |
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| Accession number | 5477-1859 |
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| Record created | January 21, 2003 |
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