IDENTIFIERS
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id:	166850
accession number:	MAR.M.160-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Wood, possibly fruit wood spoon; the deep leaf-shaped bowl has a pointed lip.  The narrow handle has a flat upper surface but is curved underneath.  It terminates in an openwork finial, possibly representing the head and arms of a figure.  The whole spoon is decorated with incised and black inked decoration.  The inside of the bowl depicts an urn and stylised flowering plant within a rope border; the back of the bowl depicts a walled city, a river and a variety of trees. The front of the handle is incised with two fish, and the back with a decorative pattern of leaves.
object type: wood, deep leaf-shaped bowl with narrow handle and all over incised decoration
title:	spoon

NOTES
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type: history note
value: not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	C. B. Marlay
creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166850


SUBJECTS
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house
fish
tree
leaf (plant material)
city
house
fish
tree
leaf (plant material)
city



TECHNIQUES
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The wood was carved
carving

CATEGORIES
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category: cutlery

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 22