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Silver wine taster with applied, engraved and punched decoration, set with a portrait medallion
Silver with applied, engraved and punched decoration, set with a portrait medallion. Shallow circular bowl with curved sides, and cast handle; the base set with a portrait medallion of Louis XIV. The interior has an engraved border of arches containing stylised ivy leaves and berries and a punched border of pellets. On the base is a rope edged border which acts as a foot; above this the sides of the bowl are decorated with twelve applied stylised straps alternating with fleur-de-lis. The handle, in the form of two entwined sea monsters, is attached to the rim at right-angles to the body; beneath is a simple bifurcated loop. The legends on the medallion are: on the obverse ‘LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIUMUS’, and the signature ‘I MAVGER F.’; and on the reverse, which depicts Louis IV sitting on his throne with the ambassador of Charles II of Spain kneeling before him, ‘PAX PRONUBA’; beneath is ‘MAR. LUD. AUREI. CAR. II. HISP. / REGI COLLOCATA. / M.DC.LXXIX’. The rim, to the right of the handle, is inscribed ‘F.J. de CHASTELLUX 1783’.
Legal notes
Given by Miss Jane Sandeman
Measurements and weight
Height: 3.3 cm
Weight: 199 g
Width: 11.9 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(2009-07-13)
by
Sandeman, Jane
Dating
1774
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1783
Components of the work
Bowl
Diameter 8.9 cm
Decoration
Name And Date
Materials used in production
Silver
Inscription or legends present
- Text: LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIUMUS
- Location: Obverse
- Method of creation: Struck or cast
- Type: Legend
- Text: I MAVGER F.
- Location: Obverse
- Method of creation: Struck or cast
- Type: Signature
- Text: PAX PRONUBA’; beneath is ‘MAR. LUD. AUREI. CAR. II. HISP. / REGI COLLOCATA. / M.DC.LXXIX
- Location: Reverse
- Method of creation: Struck or cast
- Type: Legend
- Text: GM or CM
- Location: To left of handle
- Method of creation: Struck
- Type: Maker's mark
- Text: P’ crowned
- Location: To left of handle
- Method of creation: Struck
- Type: Warden's mark
- Text: A crowned
- Location: To left of handle
- Type: Assay mark
Inscription present: a fly
- Location: To right of handle
- Method of creation: Struck
- Type: Discharge mark
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.4-2009
Primary reference Number: 167428
Entry form number: 789
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Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 9 February 2021
Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
