Silversmith: Unknown
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.
History note: Not known before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 15.9 cm
Length: 6ΒΌ in
Weight: 47 g
Weight: 1:10 oz:dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century, Late-17th Century, Early#
Circa
1580
CE
-
Circa
1660
CE
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.
Decoration
composed of
gilt
Bowl
Finial
Tines
Accession number: MAR.M.97-1912
Primary reference Number: 163018
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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