Table ornament Table ornament Merkelsche Tafelaufsatz, Table piece of largely gilded and enamelled silver. On a three-lobed pedestal, on which three turtles are attached, an overgrowth of plants cast off to nature has been applied. From it rises, on a platform, a standing female figure (Mother Earth), who supports the base of a broad-standing basin with raised hands, the outside and inside of which are decorated with painted Renaissance ornament, while around the edge all kinds of naturalistic leafwork and winding lizards rolwerkbanderolles are hurled. In the center of the bowl, three sirens
Table ornament Table ornament Merkelsche Tafelaufsatz, Table piece of largely gilded and enamelled silver. On a three-lobed pedestal, on which three turtles are attached, an overgrowth of plants cast off to nature has been applied. From it rises, on a platform, a standing female figure (Mother Earth), who supports the base of a broad-standing basin with raised hands, the outside and inside of which are decorated with painted Renaissance ornament, while around the edge all kinds of naturalistic leafwork and winding lizards rolwerkbanderolles are hurled. In the center of the bowl, three sirens placed on the back bear an enamelled vase with flower sprays., Wenzel Jamnitzer, Neurenberg, 1549, silver (metal), gilding, h cm × d cm
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