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Designer:
Spencer, Edward (designer)
Silversmith:
Artificer's Guild
Silver with engraved decoration; sloping cylindrical sides beneath a flared rim; almost flat bottom; standing on a spiral fluted trumpet-shaped foot on circular base
Silver; the sloping cylindrical sides beneath a flared rim finish in an almost flat bottom, which stands on a spiral fluted trumpet-shaped foot on a circular base. The body has an applied reeded girdle between two borders of punched beads. At the base of the bowl is a second applied band engraved with an overlapping ovulo border, which is between two applied rope borders. The top of the foot has six sides, which spiral down and out into a stepped circular base; the top being engraved with a border of three lines above a pair of wavy lines.
Given by the Contemporary Art Society, Arts and Crafts Branch
Height: 14.9 cm
Height: 5⅞ in
Weight: 315 g
Weight: 10 : 2 oz : dwt
Method of acquisition: Given (1941-11-20) by Contemporary Art Society
20th Century, Mid
George V
1935
CE
-
1936
CE
Base Diameter 10.2 cm Diameter 4 in
Inscription present: leopard's head
Inscription present: lion passant
Inscription present: gothic lower case
Accession number: M/P.4-1941
Primary reference Number: 140630
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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