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Silversmith: Unknown
Silver; the shallow bowl is engraved with flowers and scrolls, and is on an extending handle with a knop finial
Silver; the shallow oval bowl is attached by a rat's tail to the cast lower section of the handle, which is hinged to the tapering handle, which is square in cross section. The folding mechanism is held in place by a slide in the form of a mask of a cherub. The finial is a cast scrolled knop with a (possibly later) spherical urn above. The front of the bowl is engraved with an urn, flowers and swags of drapery amid scrolls. The front and back of the handle are engraved with a pattern of ovolus, and one side is inscribed 'CATHERINE ROVSSEL'
History note: Not known before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 16 cm
Length: 6ΒΌ in
Weight: 45 g
Weight: 1.9 oz:dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
The four marks have not been identified, but are probably German. The object is from Northern Europe.
Bowl
Decoration
Inscription
Knop
Inscription present: CATHERINE ROVSSEL
Inscription present: a tower?
Inscription present: illegible
Inscription present: 'T' crowned
Accession number: MAR.M.110-1912
Primary reference Number: 163144
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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