IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 167427 accession number: M.3-2009 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Silver with applied, engraved and punched decoration, set with a portrait medallion. Circular bowl with shallow curved sides and cast loop handle; the base set with a double portrait medallion of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. The interior has an applied border of fleur-de-lis and punched pellets. On the base is a rope edged border which acts as a foot, above this the sides of the bowl are decorated with six applied vines alternating with symbols of wine making, including a jug, basket for grapes, tools and a barrel. Opposite the handle and beneath the barrel is engraved a swag of scrolling vine leaves and grapes. The loop handle is applied to the rim at right-angles to the body and is formed of two entwined snakes engraved with a diaper-work pattern of scales. The legends on the medallion are: on the obverse ‘LUD. XVI. FR. ET. NAV. REX * MAR. ANT. AUSTR. REG., and the signature ‘B. DU VIVIER’ for Pierre-Simon-Benjamin du Vivier; and on the reverse, which depicts a dolphin with a fleet of ships in the background, ‘ASSERENDI NOVA SPES COMMERCII’; and beneath is ‘REGI DE ORTU S.S. DELPINI / SEX MERCATOR. PARIS. ORDINES / GRATULANTUR / AUSP. DUCIS DE COSSÉ / URBIS GUB. DIE IV NOV. / MDCCLXXI’, The rim, to the right of the handle, is inscribed ‘E.F. de Darfort 1783’ object type: silver with applied, engraved and punched decoration, set with a medallion title: wine taster NOTES ----- type: history note value: the donor's family LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Miss Jane Sandeman STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167427 PEOPLE ------------------- Louis XVI Queen Marie Antoinette CATEGORIES ------ category: silver DATING ------ creation date: 1771 - 1783 creation date earliest: 1771 creation date latest: 1783 CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 4.2 dimension: Weight units: g value: 301 dimension: Width units: cm value: 14.6