IDENTIFIERS
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id:	167430
accession number:	M.6-2009

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 10 February 2021

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

NOTES
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type: history note
value: The donor's family


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 Jane Sandeman

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167430





CATEGORIES
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category: silver



DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 3

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 151

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 112