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Spoon: MAR.M.172-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Unknown
Carver: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Mother-of-pearl and gilt metal, probably silver; mother-of-pearl bowl on a narrow gilt metal stem with openwork finial of scrolls

Mother-of-pearl and gilt metal, probably silver; the shallow oval mother-of-pearl bowl is pinned at the back to a gilt plate engraved with strapwork and scrolls. The narrow cylindrical stem is chased with a pattern of zigzags. It terminates in an openwork finial of scrolls surmounted by an oval ring.

Notes

History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Length: 15.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century, Early#
Circa 1700 CE - Circa 1740 CE

Components of the work

Handle composed of metal probably silver
Bowl composed of mother-of-pearl
Surface Of Handle composed of gold
Gilt Plate
Stem

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.M.172-1912
Primary reference Number: 166862
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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

Citation for print

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