Spoon and fork: MAR.M.97-1912

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Unknown

Entities

• Spoon and fork
• combined spoon and fork
• folding spoon and fork

Categories

• Silver
• Spoons

Description

Silver, parcel-gilt; the oval bowl is attached by the prongs of a fork to a hinged handle, with a finial is in the form of a female term.

Silver, parcel-gilt. The spoon's oval bowl is attached by four loops on its back to a two-fronged fork. The base of the handle is hinged and the folding mechanism held in place by a silver-gilt slide in the form of a grotesque mask. The hexagonal handle has an ornate parcel-gilt finial in the form of a female term, whose head unscrews.

Notes

History note: Not known before testator

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

16th Century, Late-17th Century, Early#
Circa 1580 CE - Circa 1660 CE

Note

There are no mark on this spoon, but the finial on this spoon is very similar to that on MAR.M.96-1912, which bears the mark of a deer rampant for Chur in Switzerland.