a French dessert "trencher"
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ppfufI was wandering around on Google this afternoon, and came across a small French plate that may serve the same purpose as the English Dessert Trenchers (i.e., a small plate for individual use in a banquette setting).
It is an enameled plate from c. 1575, but the most interesting part is that it is made from the same January print as several sets of trenchers (c. 1620). Here's a link to the print (pictured) in the British museum. Here's another link to the hand-colored print pasted to a wooden disc, also in the British museum.
eta: See also November plate at the Harvard Art Museum (Fogg Museum). Attributed to Pierre Reymond, Plate depicting The Harvest/ November from a set of the months, 1550-1570
It is an enameled plate from c. 1575, but the most interesting part is that it is made from the same January print as several sets of trenchers (c. 1620). Here's a link to the print (pictured) in the British museum. Here's another link to the hand-colored print pasted to a wooden disc, also in the British museum.
eta: See also November plate at the Harvard Art Museum (Fogg Museum). Attributed to Pierre Reymond, Plate depicting The Harvest/ November from a set of the months, 1550-1570
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Date: 2011-10-18 06:16 pm (UTC)The design is a copy of the January print from the "Labours of the Months" engraved by Crispin de Passe these were engraved at some unknown date between 1589 and 1599 so clearly your plate cannot be as early as "c.1575" -- see Ilja Veldman, _Crispijn de Passe and His Progeny, 1564-1670: A Century of Print Production_ (Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2001), pp 121 (There's a copy at Stanford's Art & Architecture NE670 .P2 V452 2001)