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Spoon: MAR.M.197-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Metal worker: Unknown
Carver: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Wood (possibly olive), coral and silver; the bowl and long handle carved from wood, tipped with coral and with engraved silver ferrules and band

Wood (possibly olive), coral, and silver; the fig-shaped bowl and long narrow handle are carved from a dark wood, possibly olive. The silver ferrule at the join of the bowl and handle has a border of stiff leaves and is engraved with four quatrefoils on a matted ground. There is a band of silver leaves and beads half way up the stem, and a silver ferrule at the join of the handle to the narrow facetted coral terminal.

Notes

History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Length: 23.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century, Mid-19th Century#
Circa 1650 CE - Circa 1900 CE

School or Style

Southern Italian or Turkish

Components of the work

Handle composed of wood coral
Bowl composed of wood
Ferrule composed of metal
Ferrule, Handle

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.M.197-1912
Primary reference Number: 166922
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 28 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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