IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 166871 accession number: MAR.M.187-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Mother-of-pearl and gilt metal; the shallow fig-shaped mother-of-pearl bowl is incised on the back with a rat's tail and two lines round the top of the rim. The flat mother-of-pearl handle is carved with a rope border and an acanthus leaf terminal. The bowl and handle are joined by a gilt metal ferrule, which is engraved with a geometric pattern of foliage and has an applied bust of a soldier in high relief on the front. object type: mother-of-pearl and gilt metal; mother-of-pearl bowl and handle with gilt metal ferrule with bust of a soldier 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/166871 PEOPLE ------------------- soldier TECHNIQUES ---------- gilding CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1900 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1900 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 14.3