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Wine taster: M.6-2009

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Current Location: In storage

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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’.

Notes

History note: The donor's family

Legal notes

Given by Jane Sandeman

Measurements and weight

Height: 3 cm
Weight: 151 g
Width: 112 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2009-07-13) by Sandeman, Jane

Components of the work

Bowl Diameter 7.9 cm

Materials used in production

Silver

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: LUDOVICUS XV REX CHRISTIANISS
  • Location: Obverse
  • Method of creation: Struck or cast
  • Type: Legend
  • Text: APOLLO SALUTARIS’; below is ‘SOCIETA ACADEMICA / CHIRURO PARISIENS / M.DCCXXXI
  • Location: Reverse
  • Method of creation: Struck or cast
  • Type: Legend
  • Text: H de MAGNITOT 1734
  • Location: On rim to right of handle
  • Method of creation: Engraved
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: TC or TG
  • Location: To left of handle
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Maker's mark
  • Text: B crowned
  • Location: To left of handle
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Warden's mark

Inscription present: partially erased

  • Text: a slanting ‘A’ crowned
  • Location: To left of handle
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Charge mark

Inscription present: an animal with a curly tail

  • Location: To right of handle
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Discharge mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.6-2009
Primary reference Number: 167430
Entry form: 789
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 10 February 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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