Silver boat shaped dish with a mermaid, by Samuel Whitford

An image of Boat-shaped dish. Whitford, Samuel II, silversmith, England, London. Formed as a clinker-built ship on water, with a cast model of a mermaid at the prow and, at the stern, a cast model of a swan with neck arched to form a handle. Silver, the sides of the boat cast and the cast swan and mermaid applied, length, overall, 19 cm, weight, whole, 450 g, 1817-1818.

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Boat-shaped dish. Whitford, Samuel II, silversmith, England, London. Formed as a clinker-built ship on water, with a cast model of a mermaid at the prow and, at the stern, a cast model of a swan with neck arched to form a handle. Silver, the sides of the boat cast and the cast swan and mermaid applied, length, overall, 19 cm, weight, whole, 450 g, 1817-1818.

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Accession Number: M.49-1961
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 773 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
Filesize: 62.37kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2007:09:10 12:05:06

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19th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC birds boats cast dish English female Fitz_AA mermaid prow Samuel Whitford silver silverware stern swans

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