IDENTIFIERS
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id:	167427
accession number:	M.3-2009

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 9 February 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Silver with applied, engraved and punched decoration, set with a portrait medallion. Circular bowl with shallow curved sides and cast loop handle; the base set with a double portrait medallion of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.  The interior has an applied border of fleur-de-lis and punched pellets.   On the base is a rope edged border which acts as a foot, above this the sides of the bowl are decorated with six applied vines alternating with symbols of wine making, including a jug, basket for grapes, tools and a barrel.  Opposite the handle and beneath the barrel is engraved a swag of scrolling vine leaves and grapes.  The loop handle is applied to the rim at right-angles to the body and is formed of two entwined snakes engraved with a diaper-work pattern of scales.   The legends on the medallion are: on the obverse ‘LUD. XVI. FR. ET. NAV. REX * MAR. ANT. AUSTR. REG., and the signature ‘B. DU VIVIER’ for Pierre-Simon-Benjamin du Vivier; and on the reverse, which depicts a dolphin with a fleet of ships in the background, ‘ASSERENDI NOVA SPES COMMERCII’; and beneath is ‘REGI DE ORTU S.S. DELPINI / SEX MERCATOR. PARIS. ORDINES / GRATULANTUR / AUSP. DUCIS DE COSSÉ / URBIS GUB. DIE IV NOV. / MDCCLXXI’,   The rim, to the right of the handle, is inscribed ‘E.F. de Darfort 1783’
object type: silver with applied, engraved and punched decoration, set with a medallion
title:	wine taster

NOTES
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type: history note
value: the donor's family


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
creditline: Given by Miss Jane Sandeman

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167427

PEOPLE
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Louis XVI
Queen Marie Antoinette




CATEGORIES
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category: silver

DATING
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creation date:	1771 - 1783
creation date earliest:	1771
creation date latest:	1783

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 4.2

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 301

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 14.6