IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163173
accession number:	MAR.M.119-1912

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-gilt and wood; the shallow oval wood bowl is mounted in silver-gilt and has an ornate handle of square cross section.  The back of the bowl is carved with the bust of Michaelangelo, and inlaid with two silver-gilt shells.  The silver-gilt rim is engraved with scrolling foliage.  The cast handle is decorated with a mask, pendulous fruit, and twisted strapwork.  There are two girdles of acanthus leaves.  On the upper one are the applied figures of St. Michael and the Devil.  The finial is an openwork sphere topped by a figure of a kneeling, praying angel
object type: silver-gilt and wood; oval wood bowl on ornate handle with applied figures of St. Michael and the Devil, and a praying angel
title:	spoon

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/163173

PEOPLE
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St Michael
Devil
angel




CATEGORIES
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category: silver
category: spoons

DATING
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culture:	19th Century, Late-20th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 18.3

dimension: Length
units: in
value: 7⅜