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An image of Spoon
silver; fig-shaped bowl engraved with foliage and a bird on a branch; on a curved cast handle with grosteque finial
Silver; the fig-shaped bowl has on the back a short ribbed rat-tail. The cast handle is curved and ribbed and terminates 'C'-shaped finial formed of leaves on the back, which partially enclose a grotesque figure on the front. The top of the bowl is engraved with stylised foliage, beneath which on the back is engraved (possibly later) a bird on a flowering branch. The back of the handle is inscribed 'TITUS AXEN'. The side is inscribed 'Gustav v. Kessel 24 Jan 1851'
the spoon may have been made in Germany, although the maker's mark has not been identified.

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Spoon silver; fig-shaped bowl engraved with foliage and a bird on a branch; on a curved cast handle with grosteque finial Silver; the fig-shaped bowl has on the back a short ribbed rat-tail. The cast handle is curved and ribbed and terminates 'C'-shaped finial formed of leaves on the back, which partially enclose a grotesque figure on the front. The top of the bowl is engraved with stylised foliage, beneath which on the back is engraved (possibly later) a bird on a flowering branch. The back of the handle is inscribed 'TITUS AXEN'. The side is inscribed 'Gustav v. Kessel 24 Jan 1851' the spoon may have been made in Germany, although the maker's mark has not been identified.

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Accession Number: MAR.M.137
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 760 pixels
Image width: 400 pixels
Processed with: ACD Systems Digital Imaging
Filesize: 26.76kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2008:08:15 14:15:05

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