A DUTCH CHARGER, 16TH CENTURY PARADE PLATE, HOLLAND, 16TH CENTURY gilded brass, circular in shape, narrow smooth brim and cavetto decorated in relief with four thistle flowers arranged symmetrically interspersed with stylised leaves. A similar specimen is in the collections of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (inv. No. M.11678); diam. 36.5 cm, h. 5.5 cm Comparative literature O. Ter Kuile, Koper & Brons , Amsterdam 1986, p. 171 no. 233