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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1500 - circa 1600; Classification(s): sculpture, biberon, supporting information, quartz crystal, cut and mounted in enamelled gold mounts; Acquisition: bequeathed by Marlay, Charles Brinsley, 1912, C.B. Marlay Bequest [MAR.C.135 & A-1912]
Description: Biberon in shape of a fish. Quartz crystal, cut and mounted in enamelled gold.. Fish-like body with a cover in the back, and an opening at the tail end. Two fins attached at the side. Supported on a single knop stem rising from an ovate, domed foot. Enamelled gold mounts to the lid, fins, stems and foot. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | sculpture Unknown biberon | Temporal: | name=16th century; start=1500; end=1600 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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