ROUND DISH, NUREMBERG, BEFORE 1682 in pewter with relief decoration featuring in the centre "Temperance" surrounded by twelve small human masks. The middle band features a frieze of female figures alternating with deer and falling fruit, while the wing shows the various episodes of the "Parable of the Prodigal Son": his farewell to his father, his escapades and feasting, his return, the offering of the fatted calf, etc. (A consolidation of the central medallion and two major repairs affecting only the base of the dish have been noted. No areas of relief decoration have been affected by these repairs). A ROUND DISH, NUREMBERG, BEFORE 1682 D 37,8 CM - D 14.8 IN. Designed by Caspar Enderlein in the very early 17th century. It is almost certainly an edition by Hans Sigmund GEISSER, who was awarded the title of Master in 1653 (§ Erwin Hintze, T.2, no. 296). A copy identical in detail and bearing the hallmark of this master was presented in St Dié-des-Vosges on 11/12/2021. Two very similar examples are in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Musée du Louvre. Bibliography "Pewter at the Victoria and Albert Museum by Anthony North "Die Deutschen Zinngiesser und ihre Marken" by Erwin Hintze "Catalogue of the Kunstmuséum Düsseldor