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Silversmith: Beschand, Philippe-Joseph
Silver; shallow bowl with two lug handles and a domed cover
Silver; the shallow bowl with flat bottom has two cast shaped-triangular lug handles, which are decorated with a shell on a matted ground . The domed cover is chased with a border of decorative gadroons round the flattened spherical knop, which is set with a coin of Louis XVI. The bowl and cover are engraved with a coat-of-arms.
History note: Not known before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Weight: 587 g
Weight: 18:17 oz:dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912-06-18) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1733
CE
-
1734
CE
Philippe-Joseph Beschand born 1682, was master in 1710 and died in 1742.
Bowl
Diameter 17 cm
Diameter 6¾ in
To Top Of Knop
Height 11.7 cm
Height 4⅝ in
Across Handles
Width 28.8 cm
Width 11⅜ in
Armorials
Cover
Decoration
Handles
Accession number: MAR.M.68A-1912
Primary reference Number: 162266
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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