IDENTIFIERS
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id:	166855
accession number:	MAR.M.165-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 29 April 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Ivory; the small fig-shaped bowl is incised on the back with a coat-of-arms.  Glued to the narrow stem is a six-sided urn.  Above this on a metal ferrule stands a large and richly carved finial of a queen.  In her right hand she holds a scepter and behind her stands a peacock.
object type: ivory; fig-shaped bowl with slender handle and large finial of a queen
title:	spoon

NOTES
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type: history note
value: not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	C. B. Marlay
creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166855

PEOPLE
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queen

SUBJECTS
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peacock
peacock



TECHNIQUES
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The ivory was carved.  The bowl was glued to the urn on the stem, and the finial and urn were glued to the metal ferrule.
carving
TECHNIQUES
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gluing
TECHNIQUES
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incising

CATEGORIES
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category: cutlery

DATING
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creation date:	1640 - 1900
creation date earliest:	1640
creation date latest:	1900
culture:	17th Century-19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 20