IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163023
accession number:	MAR.M.99-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 20 May 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Silver, parcel-gilt.  The spoon's oval bowl is attached by three loops on its back to a three-fronged fork.  The base of the handle is hinged and the folding mechanism held in place by a slide.  The hexagonal handle has a finial in the form of a female term.  The front of the spoon is gilt, and the back has a gilt rim and stylised flower.  The silver-gilt slide is in the form of a grotesque mask.  The silver-gilt finial unscrews to reveal a tiny spoon and two hooks, which are hinged to the base of the term.
object type: silver, parcel-gilt; the oval bowl is attached by the prongs of a fork to a hinged handle, with a finial is in the form of a female term, which unscrews to reveal three instruments.
title:	spoon and fork

NOTES
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type: history note
value: not known before testator


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	C. B. Marlay
creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/163023

PEOPLE
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female term




CATEGORIES
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category: silver
category: spoons
category: flatware

DATING
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culture:	16th Century, Late-17th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: unmarked

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 17

dimension: Length
units: in
value: 6⅝

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 49

dimension: Weight
units: oz:dwt
value: 1:11