Silversmith: Unknown
Copper-gilt and steel inlaid with silver and gold; oval bowl with a flat hinged decorated with birds, cornucopia and foliage
Copper-gilt and steel inlaid with silver and gold; the oval copper-gilt bowl is engraved near the junction with the handle with a fern. Before the hinge the flat handle is of copper-gilt, as is the slide. Above the hinge the flat handle is of steel inlaid with silver and gold birds, cornucopia and scrolling foliage, and turns up slightly at the trefid terminal.
History note: Not known before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 18.2 cm
Length: 7⅛ in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century, Mid
Production date:
circa
AD 1750
Surface Of Spoon
composed of
gilt
Bowl Of Spoon
composed of
copper
Inlay
composed of
gold
silver
Handle
composed of
steel
Bowl
Decoration
Accession number: MAR.M.116-1912
Primary reference Number: 163169
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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