Silversmith: DK? (Possibly)
Silver-gilt; the fig-shaped bowl and hexagonal handle with cast lower section and finial of cherub's masks
Silver-gilt; the deep fig-shaped bowl has a hexagonal handle. At the join is a cast shield with a cherub's mask amid scrolls. The cast finial has a cherub's mask at the front and back, surrounded by scrolls. The front of the bowl is initialled near the stem with a 'V', and engraved in the centre with a later English crest. The back of the bowl is initialled 'VK' with a decorative '8' between. The front of the stem is inscribed 'GOTT * BEHITTES * UND * HELF * UNS'
History note: Not known before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 20.1 cm
Length: 7⅞ in
Weight: 64 g
Weight: 2:1 oz:dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
17th Century, Mid#
Production date:
circa
AD 1650
This spoon may have been made at Danzig, Poland or Breslau, Silesia (now known respectively as Gdansk and Wroclaw and both in modern Poland).
Surface
composed of
gilt
Bowl
Handle
Inscription
Accession number: MAR.M.90-1912
Primary reference Number: 162938
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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