Metal worker:
Unknown
Carver:
Unknown
Agate and gilt metal; agate oval bowl and octagonal handle with finial of a bust of a woman draped in gilt metal
Agate and gilt metal spoon. Lilac agate bowl and handle, gilt metal mount, and white agate and gilt metal terminal. The oval bowl is carved on the back with a palm leaf pattern. It is attached to the octagonal handle, which broadens towards the terminal, by a cast gilt metal leaf-shaped mount which narrows to an octagonal ferrule. The finial is shaped as the bust of a woman, carved in white agate, wrapped in gilt metal drapery, which is tied at the front with a bow. This rests on a gilt metal ferrule of stiff leaves.
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 19 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
Circa
1780
CE
-
Circa
1820
CE
Ferrule
composed of
metal
Mount
composed of
metal
Bowl, Handle, Bust
composed of
agate
Surface Of Ferrule
composed of
gold
Surface Of Mount
composed of
gold
Bowl, Handle
Ferrules
Mount, Drapery
Carving : The bowl, handle and bust were carved. The mount and drapery were cast and soldered to the ferrules, which were then gilt. The bowl and handle were glued or pinned to the mount and ferrules
Accession number: MAR.M.183-1912
Primary reference Number: 166886
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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