IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 166966 accession number: M.31A- C-1930 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 24 September 2015 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Enamel, silver and steel; the knife's steel blade curves down towards the point; the tapering oval section handle broadens towards the terminal cap which has a projecting ear on the upper side. The dark blue enamelled handle is decorated with scrolling flowers and foliage in light blue champlevé enamelling over silver. The silver ferrule and terminal cap are engraved with a pattern of simple geometric foliage, and each side of the terminal cap is engraved with the coat-of-arms of Saxony. The fork has two long tines and a handled which is decorated similarly to that of the knife. The sheath is similarly decorated, but includes applied silver flowers and four portrait busts of Classical men. (Most of the enamel on the champlevé decoration is missing.) object type: enamel and steel with silver mounts; the knife has a steel blade and a tapering handle enamelled with light blue flowers on a dark blue ground ; the two-tined fork and sheath are similarly decorated. title: knife, fork and sheath NOTES ----- type: history note value: Frank Smart Collection LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Frank Smart Collection creditline: From the Frank Smart Collection, given by T.J.G. Duncanson STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166966 PEOPLE ------------------- man SUBJECTS ------------------- flower flower TECHNIQUES ---------- applied TECHNIQUES ---------- champlevé CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1675 - 1675 creation date earliest: 1675 creation date latest: 1675 culture: 17th Century, Mid-Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown CITATIONS -------- Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005 Cutlery: From Gothic to Art Deco: The J. Hollander Collection ---