Large Pewter Dish - Lyonnais Or Franche-comte - 16th Century

Large ROUND Pewter DISH with relief decoration, on the navel the captioned allegory of “The Force” after the painting by Sandro Botticelli depicting a woman enthroned holding a scepter, surrounded by a frieze of masks alternating with characters in terms. A second frieze illustrates some episodes from the life of the Prodigal Son; on the wing are those of the Chaste Suzanne
Diameter: 46.1 cm.
Lyon or Franche-Comté workshops, end of the 16th century

Very rare piece belonging to the production of pewter with relief decoration of the Renaissance, in France with François BRIOT and in Germany with Caspar ENDERLEIN, mainly.
Museography : An identical example is kept in the Dresden Museum and reproduced in “Zinn” by Hanns Ulrich Haedeke, page 117

Condition of conservation:
Consolidations of a long cleft on the wing and on the periphery of the umbilicus
Clefts at the junction of the wing and the movement
Some small fillings.

Bibliography:
“Zinn” by Hanns-Ulrich Haedeke
“Pewter pottery in France” by Roger Verdier
“Pewter from the Ritleng collection” by R.Forrer, Revue alsacienne bleue, 1905

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Former professor at IDETH (Institute of Technical and Historical Studies of the Art Object)
Former professor at the EAC (School of Art and Communication)
Former member of the UFE (French Union of Experts)
Expert specialist in pewter for more 40 years I guarantee the object is authentic described above.
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