IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 166974 accession number: M.27-1930 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 4 October 2012 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Ivory and steel; the fork has two long tines and a slender turned stem of steel; the handle is of tapering round section which broadens towards the slightly domed terminal; it is of ivory with a pattern of four lines of flower heads linked by scrolling foliage on a dark brown stained ground. A small hole at the end of the handle suggests a very small knop, possibly a gilt ball, is missing. object type: ivory and steel; two steel tines on an ivory handle stained with a pattern of flower heads and scrolling foliage title: fork 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/166974 SUBJECTS ------------------- flower flower CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1650 - 1680 creation date earliest: 1650 creation date latest: 1680 culture: 17th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: unmarked DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 16 CITATIONS -------- British Cutlery: An Illustrated History of Design, Evolution and Use ---