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Silversmith: Enevoldsen, Neils
Silver; slightly fluted cylindrical sides standing on four bear-shaped feet, the low cover engraved with armorials and with a bear-shaped thumb-poiece
Silver, embossed and engraved. The slightly fluted cylindrical sides stand on four cast bear-shaped feet with leaf capitals. The low cover is engraved with a coat-of-arms within a border of flowers, and has a bear-shaped thumb-piece The hollow D-shaped handle terminates in a small scroll. The interior is fitted with eight pegs.
History note: Family of M.I. Bjornson; uncertain before testator, Louis C.G. Clarke, MA, LL.D., Cambridge
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Weight: 1364 g
Weight: 43:17 oz:dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-04-27) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
17th Century, Mid#
Production date:
AD 1648
Base
Diameter 14.7 cm
Diameter 6¾ in
To Top Of Finial
Height 22.2 cm
Height 8¾ in
Body
Decoration
Feet
Handle
Inscription present: 'NE' conjoined in an oval cartouche
Inscription present: 3 crosses on towers over the date 1648
Accession number: M.56-1961
Primary reference Number: 159947
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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