Decorated dish with Diana bathing

Dinglinger uses the devices of the jeweler to tell the story of Diana and Actaeon from the Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid.The goddess of hunting sits enthroned in a central position, emphasised by a richly designed baldaquin crowned by a shinx, and is about to bathe. The luxuriant reeds beside her define the locus as a natural setting. Two dolphins squirt a jet of water into the stone bowl on the edge of which the accessories, which a lady of standing requires for her toilet, are arranged on small trays. Opposite the gentle figure, teased by a playful cherub, her hunting gear is to be seen, guarded by one of the hounds. The tragic ending of this episode on the shaft and foot is contrasted with this idyllic scene on the cuppa.