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Silversmith: Unknown
Silver, parcel-gilt; the small bowl on a heaxagonal stem with large hexagonal knop over an eight lobed foot embossed with panels of flowers
Silver, parcel-gilt; the small bowl has sloping cylindrical sides and sits on a calyx of ornate applied gadroons. The interior and rim are gilt. The sides of the hexagonal stem have gadrooned borders. Half way down the stem is a large hexagonal knop with, above and below, compressed hemispheres of embossed and chased gadroons. The base of the stem is trumpet-shaped and is chased with strapwork on a matted ground. On the foot is a highly embossed band of husks surrounded by eight lobes containing embossed and chased panels of stylised flowers. The foot stands on a vertical rim, stamped with stylised flowers, over a flat foot ring. The foot is attached to the stem by a screw.
History note: Not know before Charles Brinsley Marlay
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Weight: 570 g
Weight: 18:6 oz:dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century, second half#
1560
CE
-
1600
CE
There are no maker's or town marks
Interior
composed of
gold
Base
Diameter 17 cm
Diameter 6¾ in
Tim
Diameter 9.6 cm
Rim
Diameter 3¾ in
To Rim
Height 22.5 cm
Height 8⅞ in
Bowl
Decoration
Foot
Accession number: MAR.M.77-1912
Primary reference Number: 162328
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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