IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 166863 accession number: MAR.M.173-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 25 September 2015 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Mother-of-pearl and gilt metal; the shallow oval mother-of-pearl bowl is pinned to a gilt metal openwork mount, which meets the handle with a hinge. The mount is engraved with scrolling foliage. The handle is cast with a cherub's head, a baluster, a mask and flower, and terminates in a finial of the bust of a Roman soldier. The folding mechanism is missing. object type: mother-of-pearl and gilt metal; mother-of-pearl bowl on a folding gilt metal cast handle with warrior finial 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/166863 PEOPLE ------------------- Roman soldier cherub 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: 15.5