Silver wine taster with applied, punched and engraved decoration, set with a portrait medallion and coins
Silver wine taster with applied, punched and engraved decoration, set with a portrait medallion and coins.Shallow circular bowl with curved sides and lug handle; the base set with a portrait medallion of Louis XV. Inside the bowl is a punched border of fleur-de-lis and pellets. On the base is a rope edged border which acts as a foot; above this are four applied 1/16 Ecu coins alternating with four fleur-de-lis. The lug handle is set on the rim at right-angles to the bowl. It contains a coin of Louis XVI’s reign in a frame with two scrolls at the bottom and a furled ribbon at the top. The legends on the medallion are: on the obverse ‘LUDOVICUS XV REX CHRISTIANISS.’; and on the reverse, which depicts a Classical scene of two semi-naked men surrounded by medical implements with one holding a caduceus, ‘APOLLO SALUTARIS’; below is ‘SOCIETA ACADEMICA / CHIRURO PARISIENS / M.DCCXXXI’. On the rim, to the right of the handle, is inscribed ‘H de MAGNITOT 1734’.
History note: The donor's family
Given by Jane Sandeman
Height: 3 cm
Weight: 151 g
Width: 112 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2009-07-13) by Sandeman, Jane
Bowl Diameter 7.9 cm
Inscription present: partially erased
Inscription present: an animal with a curly tail
Accession number: M.6-2009
Primary reference Number: 167430
Entry form: 789
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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