1592964873000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-140616 1747159726071 1450366132000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-140616 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140616 6fc20bd5-0794-36aa-a426-995920b43a60 4 reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver reference term-117089 adlib-term-117089 70d59fbc-64f7-304e-a336-bf6d65a433a8 Louis C. G. Clarke Height cm 7.8 Height in 3⅛ To Handle On Cover Width cm 8.5 Width in 3¼ Across Handle Body the body is raised; the feet are cast; and the decoration is engraved. reference term-125937 adlib-term-125937 7861750a-4734-3bc3-9752-fd76a6601024 raising Decoration reference term-29409 adlib-term-29409 f1f4145c-3fc8-365a-9df5-c7f7131d3bc2 engraving Legs reference term-121155 adlib-term-121155 b898c0dc-7140-33c8-981b-6801b109c452 casting Applied Arts Silver: the circular U-shaped body stands on three scroll legs, and has a swing handle. On the front is engraved a trophy of gardening emblems. The cover is almost flat and is engraved with three thread-edge borders (with M.62.2 & A-1961) M.62.1 & A-1961 1 accession number M.62.1 & A-1961 140616 priref 140616 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140616 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140616 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960 reference agent-149875 adlib-agent-149875 89f52d0e-b912-3dc9-8b2c-61d6aa011b16 Clarke, Louis Colville Gray 1960 1960 1960 bequeathed Entry date: 1961-04-27 1784 1784 CE 1784 1784 1785 One foot, the handle and cover are struck with the post 1838 assay mark. These could be replacements, or the pot could have been 'faked' in the late 19th or early 20th century. 1 1785 CE 1785 1785 silversmith reference agent-69520 adlib-agent-69520 19d58be9-15fc-3332-8732-9b7a7f9e3ffa Joubert, François François Joubert flourished 1749-1793 reference term-106779 adlib-term-106779 f0706fcd-d94c-3987-bcb5-f7f794332b6a 18th Century, Late reference term-14265 adlib-term-14265 b9f6d73e-26ce-3588-a519-976c2cc93f7f Louis XVI reference term-129470 adlib-term-129470 8353db27-fba9-33c1-94a1-f268fd2a2d21 literal France France country Paris reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Weight g 126 Weight oz:dwt 4:1 reference term-126503 adlib-term-126503 dbe01312-37d4-36e1-a1b8-6faf93e9eb61 preserve pot pot de confiture history note not known before testator, Louis C.G. Clarke, MA, LL.D., Cambridge 1 reference object-160128 adlib-object-160128 2d7bd4e6-1c20-3584-b19f-0a839bef29aa 1 reference 1 term-126503 adlib-term-126503 dbe01312-37d4-36e1-a1b8-6faf93e9eb61 preserve pot preserve pot reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-3572 adlib-publication-3572 edae7cc9-8e6a-3d15-b3b8-2327317597ac Les Poinçons de Paris: Répertoire des maîtres-orfèvres de la jurisdiction de Paris depuis le moyen-âge jusqu'à la fin du XVIIIe siècle reference publication-4947 adlib-publication-4947 f9da66aa-9159-335f-9dd1-c11a7efb4984 A Guide to Old French Plate reference publication-3651 adlib-publication-3651 b6570ad2-e4e9-30b7-8f3d-5e91ee060031 Sèvres des Origines à nos Jours Cf: for a set of 16 'cream pots and covers' of a similar design, see p. 59, lot 55. This set was made in Paris in 1838-43 by Charles-Nicholas Odiot, and whilst the bodies are more compressed, the general shape and legs are similar. They are said to have been used for 'food eaten in one single mouthful such as ortolans'. 59 reference publication-6191 adlib-publication-6191 60952c99-fb15-3d68-86e3-fa8896d2418b Importante Orfèvrerie Européenne boîtes en or et objects de vitrine object name reference term-89779 adlib-term-89779 c3f33372-8a59-3716-aa45-db63dfa5fc7d watering can object name reference term-107562 adlib-term-107562 24984e5c-76f6-321b-af05-11ae9eae6468 spade object name reference term-79084 adlib-term-79084 56d7b4a6-dfbe-36c9-a2fc-21de72286249 rake object name reference term-108449 adlib-term-108449 d6a5cc8f-24c8-3ce3-903c-4e4b3a517243 cornucopia object name reference term-109122 adlib-term-109122 2d413905-6462-38d9-a6ef-791755306b8e trophy plant reference term-106795 adlib-term-106795 619c7689-2029-3c57-b0e2-12f5b54bedb8 flower literal watering can watering can literal spade spade literal rake rake literal cornucopia cornucopia literal trophy trophy literal flower flower reference term-126503 adlib-term-126503 dbe01312-37d4-36e1-a1b8-6faf93e9eb61 preserve pot preserve pot <value>one of a pair of preserve pots</value> object OBJECT