1592991093000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-166865 1755194560961 1714399983000 1755194515997 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-166865 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166865 e3ed9380-bfe3-3af0-b52c-8e9be5703d08 5 person reference agent-182988 adlib-agent-182988 b4d39a79-fb40-348d-afdc-497c3730798f Roman soldier reference term-81891 adlib-term-81891 6ab3dc8e-a37a-37f2-ab96-73589f8ff338 cutlery reference term-107444 adlib-term-107444 571df7cf-e062-3968-ae5e-bec9d5a82f92 C. B. Marlay reference term-32031 adlib-term-32031 4647e9b3-63ed-3a98-9e9e-9d8a9fb04c9b metal Handle reference term-32923 adlib-term-32923 80451834-13fc-3c48-9d3a-2ecb13f8d1b2 mother-of-pearl Bowl reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold Surface Of Handle Handle, Finial reference term-121155 adlib-term-121155 b898c0dc-7140-33c8-981b-6801b109c452 casting Stem reference term-29409 adlib-term-29409 f1f4145c-3fc8-365a-9df5-c7f7131d3bc2 engraving Applied Arts mother-of-pearl and gilt metal; unusually small, with fig-shaped mother-of-pearl bowl on a narrow gilt metal handle with finial of a Roman soldier's head Mother-of-pearl and gilt metal; unusually small, the shallow fig-shaped mother-of-pearl bowl has a broad rat-tail carved on the back. It is pinned to a gilt metal narrow stem, which is engraved on the back with scrolls. It terminates in a cast finial in the form of a scroll supporting the head of a Roman soldier. MAR.M.175-1912 1 accession number MAR.M.175-1912 166865 priref 166865 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166865 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166865 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum C.B. Marlay Bequest reference agent-149674 adlib-agent-149674 de1bf9dd-2091-39ca-85f6-41e736f6e32b Marlay, Charles Brinsley 1912 1912 1912 bequeathed Entry date: 1912 1700 1700 CE 1700 circa 1700 1900 1 1900 CE 1900 circa 1900 metal worker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown carver reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown It is unusual for the decoration to be on the back of the handle, or for the soldier to face backwards, so the handle was probably attached the wrong way round at some point in its history. reference term-118840 adlib-term-118840 87ae3963-3740-37cd-b52f-c8bc4c4a03bf 17th Century-18th Century reference term-107815 adlib-term-107815 f41b2595-df3f-3974-ab1f-6a950ef5d12d literal Germany Germany country possibly Germany Length cm 9.8 reference term-81903 adlib-term-81903 2bfdd3a0-0cc2-3f77-884c-36db9a72dd0e spoon object name reference term-81900 adlib-term-81900 b5ba849c-9dd3-3070-85ca-fed3477a96fd flatware category history note not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum

reference term-81903 adlib-term-81903 2bfdd3a0-0cc2-3f77-884c-36db9a72dd0e spoon

spoon The mother-of-pearl bowl was carved. The gilt metal handle and finial were cast. The handle was pinned to the bowl. reference term-98865 adlib-term-98865 aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9 carving object OBJECT