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’.
Given by Miss Jane Sandeman
Height: 3.3 cm
Weight: 199 g
Width: 11.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2009-07-13) by Sandeman, Jane
1774 - 1783
Bowl
Diameter 8.9 cm
Decoration
Name And Date
Inscription present: a fly
Accession number: M.4-2009
Primary reference Number: 167428
Entry form number: 789
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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