Silversmith: Unknown
Sheffield plate; Neoclassical form; the octagonal urn-shaped body on a slender octagonal trumpet-shaped foot within a gallery which rests on four scrolled bracket feet; the ten-sided spout with arrow-shaped bone handle; two loop handles; the ocatagonal cover rising to a gallery surmounted by a ball finial
Sheffield plate; Neoclassical form; the octagonal urn-shaped body on a slender octagonal trumpet-shaped foot within a gallery which rests on four scrolled bracket feet; the ten-sided spout with arrow-shaped, green stained, bone handle; two loop handles join the top of the body with a shell above an elongated shield; the ocatagonal cover rising to a gallery surmounted by a ball finial: the body of the urn and two galleries with scalloped rims; the body with applied reeded border; the whole decorated with borders of punched quatrefoils, bright cutting and engine turning; the body with two let-in silver, octagonal, vacant cartouches.
History note: Not known before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 35.8 cm
Height: 14 1/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912-06-18) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century, Late
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1780
Handle
composed of
bone, stained green
Surface
composed of
silver
Across The Handles
Width 21.5 cm
Width 8 1/2 in
Borders
Accession number: MAR.M.24-1912
Primary reference Number: 157631
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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