UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, French
(active 1520s in Paris)

Table Nef (The Burghley Nef)

1528
Silver, 35 x 20 cm
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The object, called table nef, was placed in the centre of table, it contained either napkins and eating utensils or salt. (The origin of the name "nef" is the French word for "ship".)