IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 163023 accession number: MAR.M.99-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 20 May 2021 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Silver, parcel-gilt. The spoon's oval bowl is attached by three loops on its back to a three-fronged fork. The base of the handle is hinged and the folding mechanism held in place by a slide. The hexagonal handle has a finial in the form of a female term. The front of the spoon is gilt, and the back has a gilt rim and stylised flower. The silver-gilt slide is in the form of a grotesque mask. The silver-gilt finial unscrews to reveal a tiny spoon and two hooks, which are hinged to the base of the term. object type: 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, which unscrews to reveal three instruments. title: spoon and fork NOTES ----- type: history note value: not known before testator LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/163023 PEOPLE ------------------- female term CATEGORIES ------ category: silver category: spoons category: flatware DATING ------ culture: 16th Century, Late-17th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: unmarked DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 17 dimension: Length units: in value: 6⅝ dimension: Weight units: g value: 49 dimension: Weight units: oz:dwt value: 1:11