Silversmith: M or W
Silver; oval bowl with rat-tail; flat handle with trefid terminal; initialled and dated 'R.S' over '1679'
Silver; the oval bowl has on the back a long ribbed rat-tail. The handle curves up from the bowl, but is otherwise flat. It terminates in a trefid, the back of which is prick engraved 'R.S' over '1679'
History note: Not known before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 19.5 cm
Length: 7⅝ in
Weight: 55 g
Weight: 1:15 oz:dwt
Method of acquisition: Given (1912-06-18) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
17th Century, Late
Circa
1680
CE
-
1700
CE
The spoon may have been made in England, although the maker's mark has not been identified and it bears no hallmarks, or it may have been made in Scandinavia
Bowl
Decoration
Handle
Inscription present: 'M' or 'W' surrounded by four pellets within a dotted circle
Accession number: MAR.M.121-1912
Primary reference Number: 163177
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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