IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 167428 accession number: M.4-2009 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. 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 --------- 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/167428 CATEGORIES ------ category: silver DATING ------ creation date: 1774 - 1783 creation date earliest: 1774 creation date latest: 1783 DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 3.3 dimension: Weight units: g value: 199 dimension: Width units: cm value: 11.9