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Silversmith: Storr, Paul
Silver; bombé-shaped, embossed with flowers in panels, and standing on three scroll legs
Silver; of bombé form with a narrow neck and shaped everted rim. The body is devided into three panels, each embossed and chased with flowers and scrolling foliage. It stands on three scroll legs with matted acanthus leaf capitals. The concave cover rises in the centre to a low dome with a flower and leaf finial. The handle in the form of a knarled branch devides near the top so two branches join the body either side of the hinge, with two ivory insulators at the top and one at the bottom. Beneath the spout is engraved the crest of a begging cat and motto: 'TOUCH NOT THE CAT BOT IN A GLOVE'
Given by Miss J.H.G. Gollan through the National Art Collections Fund
Weight: 985 g
Weight: 31 : 13 oz : dwt
Method of acquisition: Given (1957-07-18) by Gollan, J. H. G., Miss
19th Century, second quarter#
William IV
1831
CE
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1832
CE
The motto was used by the Gillies, MacPherson or McGillevay families
To Top Of Finial
Height 22.2 cm
Height 8¾ in
Handle To Lip
Width 18.2 cm
Width 7⅜ in
Decoration
Feet
Finial
Handle
Inscription present: lion passant
Inscription present: leopard's head
Inscription present: monarch's head
Accession number: M.5-1957
Primary reference Number: 119247
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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