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One of a pair of a matched pair of casters
Silversmith: Johnson, Glover
Silver, octagonal with baluster body and the domed pierced cover
Silver; the slim octagonal baluster-shaped body stands on a stepped spreading foot. The pull-off high domed cover has a stepped border belneath two bands of piercing, which are intersected by a narrow girdle; above is an octagonal urn-shaped finial. (with MAR.M.16.2 & A)
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Weight: 250 g
Weight: 8 oz
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912-06-18) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century, Early#
1717
CE
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1718
CE
To Top Of Finial
Height 18.2 cm
Height 7¼ in
Base
Width 6.9 cm
Width 2¾ in
Decoration
Finial
Inscription present: Britannia
Accession number: MAR.M.16.2 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 157573
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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