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Spoon: MAR.M.168-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Unknown
Carver: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Rock crystal and silver-gilt; rock crystal bowl and handle formed of two octagonal tubes and two facetted knops with silver-gilt mounts

Rock crystal and silver-gilt; the rock crystal bowl is fig-shaped with a flat base. The rock crystal handle is formed of two octagonal tubes and two facetted knops with engraved silver-gilt mounts and a finial formed from two balls sitting on a small calyx of leaves.

Notes

History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Length: 16 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1600 CE - Circa 1700 CE

School or Style

German

Components of the work

Bead composed of rock crystal
Bowl composed of rock crystal
Surface Of Mount composed of gold
Mount composed of silver
Mounts
Rock Crystal

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.M.168-1912
Primary reference Number: 166859
Stable URI

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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