Bowl
ca. 1650 (made)
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This bowl is made from a very heavy gauge of silver. Before the development of banks, owning a collection of silver was one way of storing your wealth. The heavy gauge of much north German silver of this period reflects the prosperity of the region at the time. However, plain, functional pieces like this rarely survive from the 17th century. Changing fashions meant that much silver was frequently melted down to be reworked into more up-to-date designs.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, parcel-gilt |
| Brief description | Bowl, partially gilded silver, raised and cast, Germany (Hamburg), mark of Franz I von Dort, ca. 1650 |
| Physical description | Raised bowl with gilded interior and rim. Cast handles in the form of a winged mermaid. |
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| Object history | Purchase - J. C. Robinson Collection This is a piece of plain functional plate of the kind which survives only rarely from this period, having tended to be melted down as soon as it ceased to be in fashion; the weight of the silver being more attractive than its rather sparse decorative qualities. |
| Summary | This bowl is made from a very heavy gauge of silver. Before the development of banks, owning a collection of silver was one way of storing your wealth. The heavy gauge of much north German silver of this period reflects the prosperity of the region at the time. However, plain, functional pieces like this rarely survive from the 17th century. Changing fashions meant that much silver was frequently melted down to be reworked into more up-to-date designs. |
| Bibliographic reference | Schliemann, Erich, ed. Goldschmiede Hamburgs. 3 vols. Hamburg: Schliemann, 1985. ISBN 3887710053. |
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| Accession number | 165-1879 |
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| Record created | February 9, 2004 |
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