Metal worker:
Unknown
Carver:
Unknown
Mother-of-pearl and gilt metal; mother-of-pearl bowl with gilt metal scrolled handle
Mother-of-pearl and gilt metal spoon. The elongated oval mother-of-pearl bowl is pinned to a scrolled gilt metal handle. On the front of the bowl, the handle is shaped and engraved to resemble an acanthus leaf with a scroll on either side. The part of the handle behind the bowl is longer and arrow-shaped. The slender stem terminates in three scrolls with a rat's tail running down the back of the handle.
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 12.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1900
CE
Handle
composed of
metal
Bowl
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Surface Of Handle
composed of
gold
Accession number: MAR.M.188-1912
Primary reference Number: 166872
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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