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Description: | Artist: Unknown, silversmith; Date(s): circa 1650 - circa 1700; Classification(s): cutlery, spoon and fork, The bowl and handle were carved. The mount was engraved and the loops were soldered on its back before it was pinned to the bowl The tines of the fork and the silver stem were forged and fitted with a hinge. The decoration on the ferrule was probably stamped. It was soldered down the back and to the stem before being glued to the handle.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Marlay, Charles Brinsley, 1912, C.B. Marlay Bequest [MAR.M.189-1912]
Description: shell and silver; bowl and handle carved from a cowrie shell mounted in silver and with silver tines | 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: | spoon and fork Unknown cutlery | Temporal: | name=mid to late 17th Century; 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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