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Wine taster: M.5-2009

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Current Location: In storage

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Silver wine taster with applied, punched and engraved decoration, set with a portrait medallion

Silver wine taster with applied, punched and engraved decoration, set with a portrait medallion. Shallow circular bowl with curved sides and loop handle; the base of the bowl set with a portrait medallion of Louis XVI. Inside the bowl is a punched border of ovals, pellets and fleur-de-lis. On the base is a rope edged border which acts as a foot; above this, on the side opposite the handle, is an applied vine and grapes with an animal, possibly a fox, stretching into the branches. The loop handle has a border of two deeply incised lines, and a fleur-de-lis applied to the top. The legends on the medallion are: on the obverse ‘LUD. XVI REX CHRISTIANISS’, and signature ‘B. DU VIVIER’; and on the reverse, which depicts Marie Antoinette, ‘MARIA ANT. AUSTR. FR. ET NAV. REGINA’. The rim, to the right of the handle, is inscribed ‘M.A. DESHAURAYES 1782’.

Notes

History note: The donor's family

Legal notes

Given by Miss Jane Sandeman

Measurements and weight

Weight: 174 g
Width: 11.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2009-07-13) by Sandeman, Jane

Dating

1774 - 1782

Components of the work

Bowl Diameter 8.9 cm
Over Handle Height 4.5 cm
Decoration
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Materials used in production

Silver

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: LUD. XVI REX CHRISTIANISS
  • Location: On obverse
  • Method of creation: Cast
  • Type: Legend
  • Text: B. DU VIVIER
  • Location: On obverse
  • Method of creation: Cast
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: MARIA ANT. AUSTR. FR. ET NAV. REGINA’
  • Type: Legend
  • Text: M.A. DESHAURAYES 1782
  • Location: To right of handle
  • Method of creation: Engraving
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: JN over S
  • 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

Inscription present: but not the A with a frond-like down stroke for 1788

  • Text: A’ crowned,
  • Location: To left of handle
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Charge mark

Inscription present: a shaped rectangle, possibly a hide?

  • Location: To right of handle
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Discharge mark

Inscription present: a head facing left in a rectangular cartouche with cut corners

  • Location: To right of handle and on handle
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.5-2009
Primary reference Number: 167429
Entry form number: 789
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 10 February 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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