IDENTIFIERS
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id:	166883
accession number:	MAR.M.180-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 28 September 2015

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Agate, gilt metal and enamels; the egg-shaped bowl, with a rat's tail on its back, is carved of agate coloured in green, brown, red and cream.  The octagonal agate handle is mounted in gilt metal, which is decorated with bands of enamel flowers in green, yellow and red.
object type: agate, gilt metal and enamels; agate egg-shaped bowl and octagonal handle with enamelled gilt metal mounts
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/166883


SUBJECTS
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flower
flower



TECHNIQUES
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The bowl and handle were carved.  The mounts were engraved, gilt and enamelled, and pinned or glued to the bowl and handle
carving

CATEGORIES
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category: cutlery

DATING
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creation date:	1600 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1600
creation date latest:	1700
culture:	17th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown
maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 13.4