Petition plate; Dinan or Nuremberg, 16th century.

Petition plate; Dinan or Nuremberg, XVI century.
Brass.
It has a crack and a small break.
Measurements: 4 x 46 cm.
Dish made of gilded brass with a decoration in low relief. In this ornamentation can be seen an image of Adam and Eve under the tree. These liturgical objects, in which the alms given by the faithful were collected after the religious celebrations, have their origin at the end of the 10th century, in the Belgian city of Dinant. From the second half of the 14th century they began to be manufactured, also in the German city of Nuremberg, where they reached a great development. It was in the 18th century when the fashion of making them in silver spread in Europe,
They were circular basins of large size and shallow depth, with a flat rim and decorations based on vegetal borders, gadroons and inscriptions surrounding a central medallion with an iconographic content related to biblical or New Testament passages, figures and themes.