IDENTIFIERS
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id:	167431
accession number:	M.7-2009

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 engraved inscription, set with a coin
Circular shallow bowl with cast loop handle; the base set with a one Franc coin of 1858.  On the base is a rope edged border which acts as a foot.  The loop handle is applied to the rim at right-angles to the body and is formed of a snake with engraved body.  The obverse of the coin depicts Napoleon III, bears the legend ‘NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR’, and is signed ‘BARRE’. The reverse depicts a laurel wreath containing the legend ‘I FRANC 1858’; above is ‘EMPIRE FRANÇAIS’.  The rim, to the right of the handle, is engraved ‘R.MALRIEU’.
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 Miss Jane Sandeman

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167431

PEOPLE
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Napoleon III (1852-70)




CATEGORIES
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category: silver

DATING
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creation date:	1858 - 1869
creation date earliest:	1858
creation date latest:	1869
culture:	19th Century, third quarter#


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 7.4

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 2.7

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 68

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 9.6