Metal worker:
Unknown
Carver:
Unknown
Mother-of-pearl and gilt metal; mother-of-pearl bowl and handle with gilt metal mount and finial with cherub's masks
Mother-of-pearl and gilt metal; the shallow oval mother-of-pearl bowl and narrow hexagonal handle have a gilt metal mount and finial. The front of the mount is decorated with two winged cherub's masks. The heal at the back of the bowl rests on an inverted shield engraved with a coat-of-arms. The finial is a double-sided shield of openwork scrolls centered on the mask of a cherub.
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 15.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
Circa
1699
CE
Mount
composed of
metal
Bowl
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Surface Of Handle
composed of
gold
Decoration
Finial
Gilt Mount
Carving
: The mother-of-pearl bowl and handle were carved. The gilt metal mount was probably stamped and soldered, or possibly cast. The finial was cast. The decoration was chased and engraved. The mount and finial were glued to the bowl and handle
Gluing
Accession number: MAR.M.174-1912
Primary reference Number: 166864
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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