FINE VINTAGE DAMASCENE FOOTED DISH with DON QUIXOTE MOTIF ca 1940

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Fine Vintage Damascene Footed Dish with Don Quixote Motif ca 1940 Tilting at Windmills A gorgeous damascene dish with a highly detailed scene from Don QuixoteMeasures 3-3/4" diameter x 1/2" high The dish depicts Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, the main characters from Cervantes’ famous book Damaskeening is theapplication of interlacing gold on iron or steel to produce beautiful decorative designs that has become the trademark of Toledo, Spain for centuries. The art of Damascene was practiced for centuries by Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. Around the XV century the art work became popular in Europe, and Toledo, Spain became famous worldwide for producing such works of art