Antique Alms dish - Brass - 18th/19th century

The alms-dish under consideration, in hammered and repoussé brass, presents a series of concentric fields decorated with vegetal motifs and at the center a pinwheel, a decoration that can be found in many examples, including the one painted in The Apparition of Gregory the Great to Saint Fina by Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Collegiate Church of San Gimignano.
The pinwheel motif is used with reference to life and the sun, formed by stylized leaves with a central vein from which the petals of a flower spring from a central disk.
The dish is very beautiful and of excellent quality, made in heavy brass.
The dish has a wide, slightly raised rim, and a concave central mirror with a rich incised motif.
The dish is original and shows no damage with normal signs of wear consistent with its age.
Perfectly preserved. The photographs are an integral part of the description.
It will be shipped with tracking code and well packed.
The weight of the dish is 1.15 kg.