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Silversmith:
Unknown
Woodworker:
Unknown
Fruit wood, silver and silver-gilt; wood bowl with silver handle and pomegranate finial
Fruit wood, silver and silver-gilt; the wood bowl is a fig-shaped on a tapering stem which has been incised with two pairs of lines on the front. The silver handle is embossed with tapering spiral flutes and terminates in a silver-gilt pomegranate, which is capped with a quatrefoil (one petal missing). The stem and back of the pomegrate are scratch engraved 'MK' and 'RK' respectively.
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 15.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
17th Century, second half#
1650
CE
-
1700
CE
The silver is not stamped with a maker's mark or any other identifying marks
Bowl
composed of
wood
Handle
composed of
silver
Initials
Carving
: The wood bowl and tapering stem were carved. The silver handle was embossed and the seam down the back was soldered. The pomogranate was gilded and soldered to the silver handle. The hollow silver handle was glued over the short wood stem. The initials were engraved.
Gilding
Soldering
Accession number: MAR.M.143-1912
Primary reference Number: 166830
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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