An unusual repoussé-decorated brass dish, Dutch/North German, circa 1680 The brass with a very high copper content, and decorated with a leaping unicorn amidst scrolling foliage, the border with bunches of grapes and vine leaves, with rolled rim, 47.5cm diameter Fußnoten Literature: This dish, made from brass with a high copper content and bearing the unusual central motif of a unicorn, may be either Dutch or North German. K. Tiedemann, Nuremberg Alms Dishes (2015), Plate XXIX, illustrates similar examples, five noted as Dutch and the last as North German. The latter is described (p. 98) as from a group that 'have not yet been studied systematically'.
An unusual repoussé-decorated brass dish, Dutch/North German, circa 1680 The brass with a very high copper content, and decorated with a leaping unicorn amidst scrolling foliage, the border with bunches of grapes and vine leaves, with rolled rim, 47.5cm diameter Fußnoten Literature: This dish, made from brass with a high copper content and bearing the unusual central motif of a unicorn, may be either Dutch or North German. K. Tiedemann, Nuremberg Alms Dishes (2015), Plate XXIX, illustrates similar examples, five noted as Dutch and the last as North German. The latter is described (p. 98) as from a group that 'have not yet been studied systematically'.
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