Metal worker:
Unknown
Carver:
Unknown
Agate and gilt metal; small spoon with russet coloured agate oval bowl and handle with gilt metal or gold ferrule
Small agate and gilt metal spoon. With an oval bowl of translucent russet, white and grey agate. It is attached to the almost flat, spatulate handle by a narrow gilt metal or gold ferrule, which is embossed with a border of flowers between two reeded bands.
The handle has been broken and repaired.
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 12.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
Circa
1760
CE
-
Circa
1840
CE
Ferrule
composed of
metal
Bowl
composed of
agate
Handle
composed of
agate
Surface Of Ferrule
composed of
gold
Bowl, Handle
Accession number: MAR.M.184-1912
Primary reference Number: 166887
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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