Silversmith:
Unidentified
Woodworker:
Unknown
Fruit wood and silver; wood bowl with silver handle and flat shield-shaped finial initialled 'A.M.'
Fruit wood and silver; the wood bowl is fig-shaped on a tapering stem which has been incised with two pairs of chevrons on the front. The silver handle is five-sided and broadens towards the flat shield-shaped terminal. The front and sides of the handle have been engraved with a pattern of lines, and the terminal is initialled 'A.M'.
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 15.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
Circa
1700
CE
The maker's mark is not legible
Bowl
composed of
wood
Handle
composed of
silver
Handle, Finial
Carving
: The wood bowl and tapering stem were carved. The seam down the back of the silver handle was soldered and the finial soldered to the terminal. The hollow silver handle was glued to the short wood stem. The decoration on the silver handle and the initals on the finial were engraved.
Soldering
Inscription present: an angel in a circular cartouche
Inscription present: an oval cartouche possibly containing initials
Accession number: MAR.M.144-1912
Primary reference Number: 166832
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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