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Description: | Artist: Unknown, silversmith; Date(s): 1650 - 1700; Classification(s): silver, spoon, raising (metal forming process), the bowl of the spoon was raised; the handle, angel and finial were cast and chased; and the bowl, lower part of the handle, the angel and finial were gilt; Acquisition: given by Marlay, Charles Brinsley, 1912, C.B. Marlay Bequest [MAR.M.127-1912]
Description: Silver, parcel-gilt; the circular bowl is attached to a short flat stem, which joins the twisted silver handle. At the junction is an applied bust of an angel holding a shield engraved with the initials 'TW' above a merchant's mark or symbol. The ball-shaped gilt finial has two borders of acanthus leaves either side of a central girdle. | 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: | Unknown silver spoon | Temporal: | name=mid to late 17th Century, or possibly a late 19th century copy; start=1650; end=1700 | 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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