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Silversmith: Unknown
Silver, parcel-gilt; the small circular bowl stands on a low everted collet foot. The interior is undecorated silver; the exterior is parcel-gilt and niello and is decorated in the Islamic style with scrolling foliage and flowers. The the base has a raised Cyrillic inscription and is dated 1720.
History note: Not known before testator, Louis C.G. Clarke, MA, LL.D., Cambridge
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest
Weight: 140 g
Weight: 4 : 10 oz : dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Production date: circa AD 1720
No maker's marks or hallmarks
Decoration
composed of
gold
niello
Bowl
composed of
silver
Across Rim
Diameter 9.5 cm
Diameter 3¾ in
To Rim
Height 4.7 cm
Height 1¾ in
Accession number: M.68-1961
Primary reference Number: 159923
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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