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Spoon: MAR.M.165-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Carver: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Ivory; fig-shaped bowl with slender handle and large finial of a queen

Ivory; the small fig-shaped bowl is incised on the back with a coat-of-arms. Glued to the narrow stem is a six-sided urn. Above this on a metal ferrule stands a large and richly carved finial of a queen. In her right hand she holds a scepter and behind her stands a peacock.

Notes

History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Length: 20 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

17th Century-19th Century#
Circa 1640 CE - Circa 1900 CE

Note

The finial is probably 17th century, although her face may have been recarved in the 19th century, when the 19th century the bowl and stem were added.

School or Style

German

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Ferrule composed of metal

Materials used in production

Ivory

Techniques used in production

Carving : The ivory was carved. The bowl was glued to the urn on the stem, and the finial and urn were glued to the metal ferrule.
Gluing
Incising

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.M.165-1912
Primary reference Number: 166855
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 25 September 2015 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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