the Defeat of Amalek depicted on the obverse, Moses summoning water from a stone with his staff and the Ten Commandments depicted on the reverse.

6th Earl of Roseberry, Mentmore Towers, sold Sotheby's, London, May 20, 1977, lot 1129
Sotheby's New York, November 27, 1981, lot 53

Overall standard surface abrasions, some very small areas of restoration (on the right side of the composition and in minor spots throughout). Areas of overpaint throughout, particularly on front and back outer borders. Chip on white edge of left rim, approximately 1 1/4 inches, and restoration to white on rim (left side of charger and on several areas of strapwork and leaves in border). Gilding refreshed throughout. Repaired surface chips on reverse between border and inner design on black area at the top, and some restoration to inner black border with gilt scrolls. Also further surface abrasion on reverse.
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The  charger is painted with the climax of the battle between the Israelites and the Amalekites as Joshua runs Amalek through with his spear. Here, Moses sits on a rock on Mount Sinai in the upper right of the dish, resting, as his brother, Aaron, and Hur help him to hold up his arms as his strength wanes, ensuring the Israelites' victory. The reverse is centered by Moses holding his staff, the summoning water from a rock and receiving the Ten Commandments.

The battle scene is nearly identical to the engraving of the Battle Under the Walls of Troy by Jean Mignon, a print of which was purchased by the British Museum from Sotheby's on May 13th, 1850. The composition of the present piece also bears a strong resemblance to an enamel plaque in the collection of the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (op. cit., no. 72) by the Master KIP, in turn copied from an engraving by Marco Dente or Agostino Veneziano representing the Triumph of Scipio. A tazza by Jean de Court painted with a very similar scene of the Battle of the Israelites Against the Amalekites is also in the Walters Art Museum collection (op. cit., no. 174).

RELATED LITERATURE
P. Verdier, The Walters Art Museum. Catalogue of the Painted Enamels of the Renaissance, Baltimore, 1967