early 17th century
United Kingdom
Object qualities
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Objecttableware: Trencher
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumSycamore wood, painted and gilded
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Size4 9/16 Г— 5 11/16 in. (11.6 Г— 14.4 cm)
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Geography details
United Kingdom -
Country today
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Dateearly 17th century
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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One of a set of twelve trenchers (64.101.1579–.1590) and a box (64.101.1591a, b). In center of trenchers are reserves containing moralising inscriptions. See also 64.101.1566–1578a, b, for a set of trenchers and box, probably from the same workshop, inscribed with humorous four-line verses on the relations between married people.