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Unknown
(Silversmith)
Silver; oval bowl with rat-tail; flat handle with dog-nose terminal; engraved with fruit and foliage
Silver; the oval bowl has on the back a long rat-tail. The handle curves up from the bowl, but is otherwise flat and terminates in a dog-nose. The front and back of the handle are engraved with a pattern of lozenges, fruit, flowers and foliage within two thread-edge borders.
History note: Not known before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 18 cm
Weight: 31 g
Method of acquisition: Given
(1912)
by
Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Early 18th Century
1700
CE
-
1720
CE
The spoon may have been made in Germany, although the marks have not been identified.
Bowl Decoration Handle
Accession number: MAR.M.135-1912
Primary reference Number: 163230
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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"Spoon"
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