Metal worker:
Unknown
Carver:
Unknown
Walrus ivory, bone, red coral and white metal (silver?); the bowl carved from walrus ivory and the long narrow handle carved from bone with white metal ferrules and red coral branch finial
Walrus ivory, bone, red coral and white metal (silver?) spoon. The shallow fig-shaped bowl is carved from walrus ivory, using its distinctive grain pattern to maximum effect, and has a short stem. A metal ferrule, engraved with chevrons, joins the stem to the long narrow tapering bone handle, which is made in two adjoining sections: the lower plain, the upper half carved with a raised pattern of lozenges. Above this is another chevron-engraved white metal (silver?) ferrule, and the handle terminates in a branch of red coral.
History note: Smart, Frank
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 23.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1930) by Duncanson, T. J. G.
17th Century, Mid-19th Century#
Circa
1650
CE
-
Circa
1900
CE
Ferrules
composed of
white metal
( silver(?))
Bowl
composed of
ivory
( walrus ivory)
Finial
composed of
red coral
Handle
composed of
bone
Bowl, Handle
Ferrule
Accession number: M.106-1930
Primary reference Number: 166927
Old object number: M.2-1930
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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