Two-handled bowl

Péter W. Kecskeméti

ca. 1668 · Gilded silver · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The engraved coat of arms in the center of this bowl is surrounded by an inscription that may refer to the membership of its owner to a religious or fraternal order. In Hungary, almost all members of a dynastic house used the same coat of arms. Therefore, individual heraldic crowns, conveying one’s personal rank and title, were rarely added.

Artist

Péter W. Kecskeméti

Date

ca. 1668

Medium

Gilded silver

Culture

Hungarian, Kassa

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of The Salgo Trust for Education, New York, in memory of Nicolas M. Salgo, 2010