IDENTIFIERS
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id:	167428
accession number:	M.4-2009

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 9 February 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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’.
object type: silver wine taster with applied, engraved and punched decoration, set with a portrait medallion
title:	wine taster

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by Miss Jane Sandeman

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167428





CATEGORIES
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category: silver

DATING
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creation date:	1774 - 1783
creation date earliest:	1774
creation date latest:	1783


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 3.3

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 199

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 11.9