IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 166864 accession number: MAR.M.174-1912 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 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. object type: mother-of-pearl and gilt metal; mother-of-pearl bowl and handle with gilt metal mount and finial with cherub's masks 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/166864 PEOPLE ------------------- cherub TECHNIQUES ---------- 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 carving TECHNIQUES ---------- gluing CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1600 - 1699 creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1699 culture: 17th Century# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 15.3