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Unidentified
(Silversmith)
Silver; fig-shaped bowl engraved with foliage and a bird on a branch; on a curved cast handle with grosteque finial
Silver; the fig-shaped bowl has on the back a short ribbed rat-tail. The cast handle is curved and ribbed and terminates 'C'-shaped finial formed of leaves on the back, which partially enclose a grotesque figure on the front. The top of the bowl is engraved with stylised foliage, beneath which on the back is engraved (possibly later) a bird on a flowering branch. The back of the handle is inscribed 'TITUS AXEN'. The side is inscribed 'Gustav v. Kessel 24 Jan 1851'
History note: Not known before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 16.3 cm
Length: 6⅜ in
Weight: 55 g
Weight: 1:15 oz:dwt
Method of acquisition: Given
(1912)
by
Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Mid-late 17th Century
1640
CE
-
1700
CE
The spoon may have been made in Germany, although the maker's mark has not been identified. Titus Axen may have been Titus Axen (1602-1662) Bürgermeister (mayor) of Husum and Canon of Hamburg, and father of Peter Axen (1635-1707), a Schelswig-Holstein lawyer, humanist and diplomat.
Bowl Decoration Handle Inscriptions
Accession number: MAR.M.137-1912
Primary reference Number: 163232
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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"Spoon"
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