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Spoon: MAR.M.164-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Carver: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Ivory; fig-shaped bowl with slender handle and female term

Ivory; the fig-shaped bowl is incised on the back with two entwined flowers within a border of scrolls. The slender curved handle has a long rat-tail incised with an acanthus leaf. The finial is in the form of a female term. The bowl has probably been reduced in length, as the decorative border narrows then finishes before the lip.

Notes

History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Length: 15 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

18th Century-19th Century#
Circa 1700 CE - Circa 1900 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Bowl composed of ivory

Techniques used in production

Carving : The ivory was carved
Incising

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.M.164-1912
Primary reference Number: 166854
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 25 September 2015 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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