Silversmith: Unidentified
Silver; the fig-shaped bowl is engraved on the back with flowers; the tapering handle has a finial of winged cherubs' masks.
Silver; the fig-shaped bowl is attached by a rat's tail to the tapering handle. The cast finial has a winged cherub's mask at the front and back. The back of the bowl is engraved with two stylised flowers either side of an acanthus leaf, and is initialled 'IR' over 'DW'.
History note: Not known before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 17.3 cm
Length: 6¾ in
Weight: 34 g
Weight: 1:1 oz:dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Bowl
Decoration
Finial
Accession number: MAR.M.92-1912
Primary reference Number: 162940
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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