Silversmith: WA
Silver; miniature two-handled porringer with embossed, chased and puncheddecoration; initialled 'R' over 'IA'
Silver; the miniature circular porringer with slightly everted lip over a bulbous body with tucked-in flat base. The lower helf of the body is embossed with scrolling flutes beneath a punched and scalloped border. Either side of the body are two wirework double scroll handles. The base is engraved with the initials 'R' over 'IA'
History note: Unknown before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Weight: 9 dwt
Weight: 14 g
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century, Early
Queen Anne
1703
CE
-
1704
CE
Maker's mark not identified
Top Of The Handle
Height 3.2 cm
Height 1¼ in
Across The Handles
Width 7 cm
Width 2¾ in
Decoration
Inscription present: Britannia
Inscription present: lion's head erased
Inscription present: stylised Gothic
Inscription present: WA co-joined, probably in an oval cartouche
Accession number: MAR.M.2-1912
Primary reference Number: 140653
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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