Offering Dish - Champlevé, Enamels - Lion Of Saint Mark - Venice, Mariegola - Haute Epoque

End of the 17th century Venice - Manufacture under Mariegola Old small offering dish or collection dish in gilded bronze, decorated with enameled medallions. The enameled copper medallions represent birds and in the center the lion of Saint Mark which represents Venice. The bronze body of the dish is made up of deeply engraved leafy scrolls and garlands. Venetian work under Mariegola: The Scuola or Corporation of Oresi Goldsmiths developed from the 13th century until the end of the 18th century, with a large number of workshops able to create jewelry and silver pieces valuable, appreciated and sold throughout Europe. In 1773, in Venice, with a population almost twice as high as today, there were 415 goldsmiths and jewelers. The artisans of the sector were included in a serious and efficient category structure, equipped with draconian rules, grouped in a Capitulary dating back to 1233, among the oldest of the Venetian corporations and to which all artisans had to obey. The severe Capitulary or Mariegola, as he was called in Venetian, provided for serious controls and made obligatory the stamp with the symbol of the lion of Saint Mark and the initials of the massari responsible for the controls. Note: small gaps on some enamels and small traces of oxidation. Dimensions: Diameter: 19 cm