IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 166847 accession number: MAR.M.156-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Fruit wood; the fig-shaped bowl with an ornately carved handle. The front of the bowl is engraved at the top with a pattern of scrolls within two inscribed borders. The back of the bowl is carved with the winged head of an angel above the Crucifixion. The handle is carved depicting a pair of kissing lovers holding hands, a loose beaded ring, and the terminal is a mermaid with flowing hair. object type: fruit wood; ornately carved; the back of the fig-shaped bowl depicting an angel's head above the Cucifixion title: spoon NOTES ----- type: history note value: not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166847 PEOPLE ------------------- Christ man woman angel mermaid TECHNIQUES ---------- The wood was carved carving TECHNIQUES ---------- engraving CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1650 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1650 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 17th Century, Late-18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 17.5