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Silver wine taster with applied, punched and engraved decoration, set with a portrait medallion and coins
Silver wine taster with applied, punched and engraved decoration, set with a portrait medallion and coins.Shallow circular bowl with curved sides and lug handle; the base set with a portrait medallion of Louis XV. Inside the bowl is a punched border of fleur-de-lis and pellets. On the base is a rope edged border which acts as a foot; above this are four applied 1/16 Ecu coins alternating with four fleur-de-lis. The lug handle is set on the rim at right-angles to the bowl. It contains a coin of Louis XVI’s reign in a frame with two scrolls at the bottom and a furled ribbon at the top. The legends on the medallion are: on the obverse ‘LUDOVICUS XV REX CHRISTIANISS.’; and on the reverse, which depicts a Classical scene of two semi-naked men surrounded by medical implements with one holding a caduceus, ‘APOLLO SALUTARIS’; below is ‘SOCIETA ACADEMICA / CHIRURO PARISIENS / M.DCCXXXI’. On the rim, to the right of the handle, is inscribed ‘H de MAGNITOT 1734’.
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History note: The donor's family
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Given by Jane Sandeman
Measurements and weight
Height: 3 cm
Weight: 151 g
Width: 112 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(2009-07-13)
by
Sandeman, Jane
Components of the work
Bowl
Diameter 7.9 cm
Materials used in production
Silver
Inscription or legends present
- Text: LUDOVICUS XV REX CHRISTIANISS
- Location: Obverse
- Method of creation: Struck or cast
- Type: Legend
- Text: APOLLO SALUTARIS’; below is ‘SOCIETA ACADEMICA / CHIRURO PARISIENS / M.DCCXXXI
- Location: Reverse
- Method of creation: Struck or cast
- Type: Legend
- Text: H de MAGNITOT 1734
- Location: On rim to right of handle
- Method of creation: Engraved
- Type: Inscription
- Text: TC or TG
- Location: To left of handle
- Method of creation: Struck
- Type: Maker's mark
- Text: B crowned
- Location: To left of handle
- Method of creation: Struck
- Type: Warden's mark
Inscription present: partially erased
- Text: a slanting ‘A’ crowned
- Location: To left of handle
- Method of creation: Struck
- Type: Charge mark
Inscription present: an animal with a curly tail
- Location: To right of handle
- Method of creation: Struck
- Type: Discharge mark
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.6-2009
Primary reference Number: 167430
Entry form: 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
