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Current Location: Gallery 32 (Rothschild)

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Description

Iron, double-piped stem, ornately pierced, with fine comb wards, bearing the initials ‘P. F.’. French, 17th century.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator, Charles Brinsley Marlay (1831 -1912)

Legal notes

C. B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Length: 14 cm
Width: 4.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

17th Century
Circa 1600 CE - 1700 CE

Materials used in production

Iron

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: PF

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Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.M.223-1912
Primary reference Number: 139865

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 10 December 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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