Skip to main content

Silver monteith inscribed 'The token of Mr. Jasper Roth..'

Image attached to MAR.M.6-1912

An image of Monteith. Punch bowl. BI or RI, silversmith, England, London. Large hemispherical bowl with removable rim with scroll border. The body of the large hemisperical bowl is embossed with bats-wing fluting. In the front there is an oval cartouche containing a crest within an engraved Baroque border. The bowl stands on a stepped and spreading circular foot with a gadroon border. The removable rim has an applied scroll border, which is decorated with matting and scalework. Beneath this is chased a narrow border of matt scallops and punched flowers. The base is inscribed 'The token of/ Mr. Jasper Roth/ to his friend/ Aldn. James Clark'. Silver, raised, embossed, chased, and engraved, height, to rim, 23.7 cm, diameter, across rim, 33.5 cm, 1707-1708. Late 17th or early 18th century.

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

About this image

Monteith. Punch bowl. BI or RI, silversmith, England, London. Large hemispherical bowl with removable rim with scroll border. The body of the large hemisperical bowl is embossed with bats-wing fluting. In the front there is an oval cartouche containing a crest within an engraved Baroque border. The bowl stands on a stepped and spreading circular foot with a gadroon border. The removable rim has an applied scroll border, which is decorated with matting and scalework. Beneath this is chased a narrow border of matt scallops and punched flowers. The base is inscribed 'The token of/ Mr. Jasper Roth/ to his friend/ Aldn. James Clark'. Silver, raised, embossed, chased, and engraved, height, to rim, 23.7 cm, diameter, across rim, 33.5 cm, 1707-1708. Late 17th or early 18th century.

Image data

  • Accession Number: MAR.M.6-1912
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/25.0
  • Focal length: 50
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 683 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
  • Filesize: 81.73kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 25/1
  • Captured: 2007:08:03 09:55:47

Key words

17th Century 18th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC animal animals bowl cartouche chased crest deer devices embossed English engraved Fitz_AA fluted fluting gadrooned gadroons heraldic crest matted monteith oval punch bowl punched raised scrolls silver silverware stags

Colours in this image

rgb(161,161,158), rgb(68,67,68), rgb(208,208,205), rgb(49,51,49), rgb(60,68,67), rgb(79,83,82), rgb(104,103,100), rgb(78,77,66), rgb(120,118,105), rgb(196,204,201), rgb(196,196,204)

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Silver monteith inscribed 'The token of Mr. Jasper Roth..'" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-3251833577 Accessed: 2024-04-25 09:40:48

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-3251833577 |title=Silver monteith inscribed 'The token of Mr. Jasper Roth..' |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-25 09:40:48|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/images/media-2278290346

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/970/large_MAR_M_6_1912_1_200708_mfj22_mas.jpg"
        alt="Monteith"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Silver monteith inscribed 'The token of Mr. Jasper Roth..'</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...