1592964928000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-166834 1747246267282 1714399982000 1747245848796 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-166834 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166834 e757717c-c9f0-3af7-bc0b-f3fea9993701 5 person reference agent-149828 adlib-agent-149828 c267f1be-fe9c-3ff7-aaea-fda5900bebea Eve person reference agent-410 adlib-agent-410 e4a0126f-5620-36a5-86f3-fc0eef3d6fd0 Adam reference term-81891 adlib-term-81891 6ab3dc8e-a37a-37f2-ab96-73589f8ff338 cutlery reference term-107444 adlib-term-107444 571df7cf-e062-3968-ae5e-bec9d5a82f92 C. B. Marlay reference term-106692 adlib-term-106692 ed7baa11-5901-3307-81b6-77370e40ebb4 wood Bowl reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Handle reference term-29409 adlib-term-29409 f1f4145c-3fc8-365a-9df5-c7f7131d3bc2 engraving Trefoils reference term-26483 adlib-term-26483 c5756b64-2720-3558-9d90-98bd4a27592f piercing reference term-128208 adlib-term-128208 1d57295c-0dee-3550-a8bf-df95ec199f80 Garden of Eden Applied Arts 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'. MAR.M.153-1912 1 accession number MAR.M.153-1912 166834 priref 166834 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166834 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166834 on the scroll round the handle engraved Pane. bose. gwilvite. nad. na. wi inscription reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum C.B. Marlay Bequest reference agent-149674 adlib-agent-149674 de1bf9dd-2091-39ca-85f6-41e736f6e32b Marlay, Charles Brinsley 1912 1912 1912 bequeathed Entry date: 1912 1650 1650 CE 1650 circa 1650 1720 1 1720 CE 1720 circa 1720 silversmith reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown woodworker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown reference term-110363 adlib-term-110363 c5f8ee2c-2176-3449-9e2c-a0b610f4e84a 17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early reference term-107815 adlib-term-107815 f41b2595-df3f-3974-ab1f-6a950ef5d12d literal Germany Germany country Germany Length cm 16 reference term-81903 adlib-term-81903 2bfdd3a0-0cc2-3f77-884c-36db9a72dd0e spoon object name reference term-81900 adlib-term-81900 b5ba849c-9dd3-3070-85ca-fed3477a96fd flatware category history note not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-8400 adlib-term-8400 b529c4e6-da13-3ce3-a188-bf2256c6a076 German animal reference term-32194 adlib-term-32194 94f8444f-f0ae-37cc-b189-622df7616c71 snake plant reference term-109780 adlib-term-109780 9f8c4869-28d9-3bcd-9132-9981a9575924 apple tree literal snake snake literal apple tree apple tree

reference term-81903 adlib-term-81903 2bfdd3a0-0cc2-3f77-884c-36db9a72dd0e spoon

spoon 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. reference term-98865 adlib-term-98865 aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9 carving reference term-29590 adlib-term-29590 95cc4be3-6bab-33cb-8379-ff07352cfc5e soldering object OBJECT