IDENTIFIERS
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id:	166972
accession number:	M.39A & B-1930

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 13 December 2017

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Tortoiseshell, silver and steel; the knife has a scimitar-shaped steel blade; each side of the pistol grip handle has a tortoiseshell scale inlaid with a decorative pattern of large silver studs within a circle of small piqué work circles.  The flat top edge is of steel cut in a geometric pattern.  The domed silver terminal cap is engraved with a geometric flower round a small ball knop.  The silver ferrule is finely engraved with flowers and scrolls.  The fork has two long steel tines and a handle which is similarly decorated to that of the knife.
object type: tortoiseshell, silver and steel; the knife has a scimitar-shaped steel blade and pistol grip handle with scales of tortoiseshell inlaid with silver studs; the two-tined fork is similarly decorated
title:	knife and fork

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/166972


SUBJECTS
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flower
flower



CATEGORIES
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category: cutlery

DATING
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creation date:	1670 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1670
creation date latest:	1700
culture:	17th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified


CITATIONS
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Cutlery: From Gothic to Art Deco: The J. Hollander Collection
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