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Antique Questions Forum / Re: "Offert par la Cour St Georges a Gand" 1228 plate

« on: July 20, 2009, 12:54:04 am »

I am very confident now that it is indeed a French pewter plate. I couldn't find plates with St. George and the Dragon, mostly ones with battle ships. What do you think this one may be worth around..

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: "Offert par la Cour St Georges a Gand" 1228 plate

« on: July 19, 2009, 12:18:50 pm »

Here is another picture, gives more detail of the shape.

So here is what we know about it:
* It depicts St. George and the Dragon
* Its either made from pewter, spelter, or silver, (it kind of looks like lead)
* The plate is small, much of the size of a tipping plate.
* The style is similar to French Antique Punched Work
*  The french translates as: "Offered by the court St Georges of Ghent"

I will try and upload more pictures, don't have the plate right now with me.

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Antique Questions Forum / "Offert par la Cour St Georges a Gand" 1228 plate

« on: July 18, 2009, 02:49:13 pm »

We found this plate stored in some old family boxes from the attic. Our family roots come from Poland so we think the artifact has come somewhere from the surrounding countries in Europe.
A few facts we have derived:
*The date on the plate is from 1228.
*It is made of a heavy metal.
*We believe that the front of the plate is a episode of St. George and the Dragon, a myth brought up by the Holy Crusaders
* The back of the plate is inscribed "Offert par la Cour St Georges a Gand"
*On the back there is also a signature (the ones normally found on silver), signature is hard to read, says "G Metten"

link for pics
http://i25.tinypic.com/2zhfic3.jpg
http://i25.tinypic.com/5dnt5l.jpg

Could anyone provide us some more information about this and maybe derive a money value for it.