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Spoon: NAV.S.6-1933

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pewterer: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Pewter; oval bowl with tapering stem (stele) rectangular in section, terminating in a finial shaped as a strawberry

Notes

History note: A.F. de Navarro

Legal notes

A.F. de Navarro Bequest

Measurements and weight

Length: 17.9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1933) by Navarro, Mary Anderson de, Madame and Navarro, J. M. de, MA

Dating

19th Century, Late-20th Century, Early#
Circa 1880 - Circa 1910

Note

Resembling a Tudor or Elizabethan berry knopped spoon, but too crudely made, and with an unusually heavy bowl

School or Style

Tudor

Materials used in production

Pewter

Identification numbers

Accession number: NAV.S.6-1933
Primary reference Number: 166933
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 10 August 2015 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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