Metal worker:
Unknown
Carver:
Unknown
Bone, coral and brass; the bowl and long narrow handle carved from bone inlaid with brass and tipped with coral
Bone, coral and brass; the broad bowl is carved from bone and is pointed at the front. At the lower end of the long narrow bone handle a small circle of coral is inlaid. Above this the upper surface of the handle is reeded and two broad bands of brass are inlaid. The handle terminates in a coral finial.
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 24 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
17th Century, Mid-19th Century#
Circa
1650
-
Circa
1900
Finial
composed of
coral
Bowl
composed of
bone
Handle
composed of
bone
Band
composed of
brass (alloy)
Accession number: MAR.M.199-1912
Primary reference Number: 166926
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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