Woodworker: Unknown
Fruit wood; fig-shaped bowl with handle richly carved with knops and acanthus foliage
Fruit wood; the wide shallow fig-shaped bowl has a short curved handle, which has been richly carved with tiers of knops and an urn-shaped finial decorated with borders of acanthus foliage. At the front of the spoon, where the bowl meets the handle, is a carved vacant shield.
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 16.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
Circa
1700
CE
Carving : The wood was carved
Accession number: MAR.M.161-1912
Primary reference Number: 166851
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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