IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 166858 accession number: MAR.M.170-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Rock crystal, silver and silver-gilt; the rock crystal bowl is fig-shaped. The silver handle is cylindrical and tapers towards the terminal which has a silver-gilt finial in the form of a man in armour holding a shield and spear. The shield is engraved with a possible bishop's mitre between the initials 'M' and 'A' beneath two quatrefoils. object type: rock crystal, silver and silver-gilt; rock crystal bowl with silver handle and silver-gilt finial of a man in armour holding a spear and shield 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/166858 PEOPLE ------------------- warrior TECHNIQUES ---------- The rock crystal was carved. The silver handle was folded, and the seam down the side was soldered. The finial was cast, soldered to the handle and gilt. The hollow silver handle was glued to the short rock crystal stem. The decoration and the initals on the shield were engraved. carving TECHNIQUES ---------- casting TECHNIQUES ---------- gilding TECHNIQUES ---------- soldering CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1600 - 1700 creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1700 culture: 17th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 13.6