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Tea urn: MAR.M.24-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Unknown

Entities

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Description

Sheffield plate; Neoclassical form; the octagonal urn-shaped body on a slender octagonal trumpet-shaped foot within a gallery which rests on four scrolled bracket feet; the ten-sided spout with arrow-shaped bone handle; two loop handles; the ocatagonal cover rising to a gallery surmounted by a ball finial

Sheffield plate; Neoclassical form; the octagonal urn-shaped body on a slender octagonal trumpet-shaped foot within a gallery which rests on four scrolled bracket feet; the ten-sided spout with arrow-shaped, green stained, bone handle; two loop handles join the top of the body with a shell above an elongated shield; the ocatagonal cover rising to a gallery surmounted by a ball finial: the body of the urn and two galleries with scalloped rims; the body with applied reeded border; the whole decorated with borders of punched quatrefoils, bright cutting and engine turning; the body with two let-in silver, octagonal, vacant cartouches.

Notes

History note: Not known before testator

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 35.8 cm
Height: 14 1/8 in

Place(s) associated

  • Sheffield ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912-06-18) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

18th Century, Late
George III
Production date: circa AD 1780

School or Style

Neoclassical

Components of the work

Handle composed of bone, stained green
Surface composed of silver
Across The Handles Width 21.5 cm Width 8 1/2 in
Borders

Materials used in production

Copper

Techniques used in production

Seaming

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.M.24-1912
Primary reference Number: 157631
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 4 December 2013 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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