Maker: unmarked
Ivory, silver and steel; two long steel tines and a brown stained ivory handle inlaid with a geometric pattern of small silver circles
Ivory, silver and steel; the fork has two long steel tines; the handle is of tapering oval section which broadens towards the terminal and has a small ear on one side; it is of brown stained ivory inlaid with a geometric pattern of small silver circles in triangles, circles and lozenges. The silver ferrule is engraved with a simple pattern of lines.
History note: Frank Smart Collection
From the Frank Smart Collection, given by T.J.G. Duncanson
Length: 13.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1930) by Duncanson, T. J. G.
17th Century, Late
Circa
1670
CE
-
Circa
1700
CE
Silver
Accession number: M.28-1930
Primary reference Number: 166973
Old object number: M.2-1930
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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