IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 166850 accession number: MAR.M.160-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Wood, possibly fruit wood spoon; the deep leaf-shaped bowl has a pointed lip. The narrow handle has a flat upper surface but is curved underneath. It terminates in an openwork finial, possibly representing the head and arms of a figure. The whole spoon is decorated with incised and black inked decoration. The inside of the bowl depicts an urn and stylised flowering plant within a rope border; the back of the bowl depicts a walled city, a river and a variety of trees. The front of the handle is incised with two fish, and the back with a decorative pattern of leaves. object type: wood, deep leaf-shaped bowl with narrow handle and all over incised decoration title: spoon NOTES ----- type: history note value: not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166850 SUBJECTS ------------------- house fish tree leaf (plant material) city house fish tree leaf (plant material) city TECHNIQUES ---------- The wood was carved carving CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1700 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 22