Silversmith:
Unknown
Woodworker:
Unknown
Fruit wood and silver; wood bowl with silver handle with finial of St. Andrew
Fruit wood and silver; the wood bowl is fig-shaped on a tapering stem which has been incised with two pairs of lines on the front and back. The silver handle is five-sided and tapers towards the terminal which has a finial in the form of St. Andrew. The sides of the handle have been engraved with a pattern of lines, and the back is initialled 'M.C'.
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 15.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century, Late
Circa
1650
CE
-
Circa
1700
CE
Bowl
composed of
wood
Handle
composed of
silver
Bowl, Stem
Decoration, Initials
Handle To Stem
Accession number: MAR.M.155-1912
Primary reference Number: 166835
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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