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<p>[QUOTE="Marote, post: 9823139, member: 84568"]<a href="https://becksantiques.com/product/large-early-nuremberg-brass-alms-dish/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://becksantiques.com/product/large-early-nuremberg-brass-alms-dish/" rel="nofollow">https://becksantiques.com/product/large-early-nuremberg-brass-alms-dish/</a></p><p>"While they are regularly called alms dishes the actual original use seems to still be discussed. They do show up in early German interior scene paintings positioned as reflectors behind candles or lamps."</p><p>As a reflector, that 'Oost West, Thuis Best' saying, makes more sense.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marote, post: 9823139, member: 84568"][URL]https://becksantiques.com/product/large-early-nuremberg-brass-alms-dish/[/URL] "While they are regularly called alms dishes the actual original use seems to still be discussed. They do show up in early German interior scene paintings positioned as reflectors behind candles or lamps." As a reflector, that 'Oost West, Thuis Best' saying, makes more sense.[/QUOTE]
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