Metal worker:
Unknown
Carver:
Unknown
Lilac agate and gilt metal; oval bowl and handle with gilt metal mounts and female finial
Agate and gilt metal; oval bowl and short cylincrical handle carved of lilac agate with gilt metal mounts and terminal. Pinned to the bowl is a gilt metal leaf-shaped engraved mount, which is attached by an openwork triple scroll to the ring-shaped mount on the agate handle. The handle terminates with another ring-shaped mount on which sits a finial in the form of a half length female term.
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 13.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
Circa
1700
CE
The agate bowl and handle may be replacements for earlier broken examples, as the damage at the back of the gilt metal mount suggests the bowl should have sustained more damaged
Mount
composed of
metal
Bowl
composed of
agate
Handle
composed of
agate
Surface Of Mount
composed of
gold
Agate
Accession number: MAR.M.176-1912
Primary reference Number: 166879
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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