Metal worker:
Unknown
Carver:
Unknown
Mother-of-pearl and gilt metal; mother-of-pearl bowl and handle with gilt metal ferrule with bust of a soldier
Mother-of-pearl and gilt metal; the shallow fig-shaped mother-of-pearl bowl is incised on the back with a rat's tail and two lines round the top of the rim. The flat mother-of-pearl handle is carved with a rope border and an acanthus leaf terminal. The bowl and handle are joined by a gilt metal ferrule, which is engraved with a geometric pattern of foliage and has an applied bust of a soldier in high relief on the front.
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 14.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1900
CE
Ferrule
composed of
metal
Bowl, Handle
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Surface Of Ferrule
composed of
gold
Soldier's Head
Accession number: MAR.M.187-1912
Primary reference Number: 166871
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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