Metal worker:
Unknown
Carver:
Unknown
Mother-of-pearl and gilt metal; mother-of-pearl bowl on a narrow gilt metal handle with female term finial
Mother-of-pearl and gilt metal; the shallow oval mother-of-pearl bowl has a rat-tail carved on the back. It is pinned to a gilt metal narrow stem, which has a cast finial in the form of a female term.
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 12.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
Circa
1700
CE
Handle
composed of
metal
Bowl
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Surface Of Handle
composed of
gold
Accession number: MAR.M.171-1912
Primary reference Number: 166861
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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