Silversmith:
Unknown
Woodworker:
Unknown
Fruit wood and silver; the back of the wood bowl depicting Adam and Eve; the silver handle with an applied inscribed scroll
Fruit wood and silver; the wood bowl is fig-shaped (part missing) on a tapering stem. The back of the bowl is carved with a vignette of Eve offering Adam an apple from a tree with a snake entwined in its branches. The silver handle is cylindrical and tapers towards the crown-shaped finial formed of four trefoils. The lower end is pierced with a pattern of trefoils. The handle is engraved with a pattern of scales, over which is applied in a spiral a scroll inscribed : 'Pane. bose. gwilvite. nad. na. wi'.
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 16 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#
Circa
1650
CE
-
Circa
1720
CE
Bowl
composed of
wood
Handle
composed of
silver
Trefoils
Carving
: The wood bowl and tapering stem were carved. The silver handle may have been cast or it was seamed with the scroll applied. The finial was soldered to the terminal. The silver handle was glued to the short wood stem. The decoration on the silver handle and the inscription were engraved.
Soldering
Accession number: MAR.M.153-1912
Primary reference Number: 166834
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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