Decorative plate

Cast: Hans Nicolaus Spatz, mould: Paulus Öham the Elder, Nuremberg,

Germany, 1671–1675

Cast pewter.

Diameter: 17.6 cm

Markings: NS city guild mark.

UMP 3397

This relief decorated plate presents scenes from the Old Testament. A mirror with a medallion depicts Noah’s Sacrifice with a dated inscription: NOE+GIENG+AVS/DER+ARCH+GETR/OST+OPFERDT/16.GOTT.19; Along the border are four oval medallionsof scenes of the Creation of Eve (pewterer’s mark between Eve and the figure of God), In Paradise, Original Sin and Expulsion from Paradise; the remaining area is covered with acanthi and vases with flowers.