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Silversmith: Jouguet, Claude
Silver; the large spoon has a fiddle pattern handle with thread edge, and a cast shell at the terminal. The bowl is pierced with a lozenge of quatrefoils surrounded by scrolls within a dot and dash border. The back of the handle is engraved with a crest of a bird.
History note: Not known before testator, Louis C.G. Clarke, MA, LL.D. (1881-1960), Cambridge
Louis C.G. Clarke Bequst, 1960
Length: 31.3 cm
Length: 12⅜ in
Weight: 154 g
Weight: 4:19 oz:dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-04-27) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, Mid
Louis XV
1738
CE
-
1739
CE
Claude Jouguet was made master in 1719, and died in 1767.
Bowl
Crest
Forging (metal forming) : The spoon was forged, the bowl was pierced, and the crest engraved
Accession number: M.65-1961
Primary reference Number: 140618
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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