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Trencher with quotation from The Governance of Virtue (1566) (one of a set)

early 17th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 509
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Trencher with quotation from The Governance of Virtue (1566) (one of a set)
  • Date: early 17th century
  • Culture: British
  • Medium: Sycamore wood, painted and gilded
  • Dimensions: 4 9/16 × 5 11/16 in. (11.6 × 14.4 cm)
  • Classification: Natural Substances
  • Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.101.1583
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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