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An image of Folding Spoon
silver; the shallow bowl is engraved with flowers and scrolls, and is on an extending handle with a knop finial
Silver; the shallow oval bowl is attached by a rat's tail to the cast lower section of the handle, which is hinged to the tapering handle, which is square in cross section. The folding mechanism is held in place by a slide in the form of a mask of a cherub. The finial is a cast scrolled knop with a (possibly later) spherical urn above. The front of the bowl is engraved with an urn, flowers and swags of drapery amid scrolls. The front and back of the handle are engraved with a pattern of ovolus, and one side is inscribed 'CATHERINE ROVSSEL'
The four marks have not been identified, but are probably German
C.1600

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Folding Spoon silver; the shallow bowl is engraved with flowers and scrolls, and is on an extending handle with a knop finial Silver; the shallow oval bowl is attached by a rat's tail to the cast lower section of the handle, which is hinged to the tapering handle, which is square in cross section. The folding mechanism is held in place by a slide in the form of a mask of a cherub. The finial is a cast scrolled knop with a (possibly later) spherical urn above. The front of the bowl is engraved with an urn, flowers and swags of drapery amid scrolls. The front and back of the handle are engraved with a pattern of ovolus, and one side is inscribed 'CATHERINE ROVSSEL' The four marks have not been identified, but are probably German C.1600

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Accession Number: MAR.M.110
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 760 pixels
Image width: 400 pixels
Processed with: ACD Systems Digital Imaging
Filesize: 30.27kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2008:08:15 14:06:39

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