Metal worker:
Unknown
Carver:
Unknown
Chalcedony, coral and gilt metal; bowl and handle carved from chalcedony, with a gilt metal ferrule; the long handle with a coral tip
Chalcedony, coral and gilt metal spoon. The oval bowl is carved from chalcedony and has a ridge down the centre back. The long straight octagonal handle joins the bowl with an openwork gilt metal ferrule with a ropework knop. The end of the handle is tipped with coral and a narrow band of pale green stone between two gilt and black enamelled bands.
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 19.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1900
CE
Mount
composed of
metal
Handle
composed of
coral
enamel
Bowl, Handle
composed of
chalcedony
Ferrule
composed of
silver
Bowl
Accession number: MAR.M.193-1912
Primary reference Number: 166893
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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