IDENTIFIERS
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id:	166968
accession number:	M.35A-D-1930

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 10 August 2015

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Agate and steel with silver-gilt mounts; the knife has a near parallel steel blade which curves up towards the point and has a engraved band of zigzags along the flattened upper edge; the sloping cylindrical agate handle broadens towards the slightly domed terminal.  The silver-gilt ferrules are embossed with a flower within a border of pellets.  The fork (B) has two long steel tines and a handle which is similarly decorated to that of the knife.  There are slight traces of gilding on both the knife and fork.  The case (C) and its pull-off cover (D) are of pressed leather decorated with moulded and gilt borders and stamped lozenges and flowerheads.
object type: agate and steel with silver-gilt mounts; the knife has a steel blade and an agate handle with an embossed silver-gilt ferrule; the two-tined fork is similarly decorated.  The case is of pressed leather with gilt borders.
title:	knife, fork and case

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Frank Smart Collection


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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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
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166968





CATEGORIES
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category: cutlery

DATING
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creation date:	1680 - 1740
creation date earliest:	1680
creation date latest:	1740
culture:	17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified


CITATIONS
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Knives & Forks of the Victoria and Albert Museum
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