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Spoon: MAR.M.110-1912

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Unknown

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Description

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'

Notes

History note: Not known before testator

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Length: 16 cm
Length: 6ΒΌ in
Weight: 45 g
Weight: 1.9 oz:dwt

Acquisition and important dates

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

Note

The four marks have not been identified, but are probably German. The object is from Northern Europe.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Bowl
Decoration
Inscription
Knop

Materials used in production

Silver

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: CATHERINE ROVSSEL

  • Location: On the front and back of the handle
  • Method of creation: Engraved
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: a tower?

  • Location: On the back of the bowl
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Town mark?

Inscription present: illegible

  • Location: On the back of the bowl
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Maker's mark?
  • Text: A
  • Location: On the back of the bowl
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Assay master?

Inscription present: 'T' crowned

  • Location: On the back of the bowl
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Assay master?

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.M.110-1912
Primary reference Number: 163144

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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