Maker: Unidentified
Ivory, silver, enamel and steel; the knife has a steel blade and pistol grip handle inlaid with a row of silver bosses and a geometric floral design
Ivory, silver, enamel and steel; the knife has a tapering steel blade; the ivory pistol grip handle broadens towards the silver terminal cap. Each side of the handle is inlaid with a row of four silver bosses and a silver piqué work design of tulips inlaid with enamel, scrolls and geometric patterns of small circles. The silver ferrule is octagonal. The silver terminal is engraved with a pattern of radiating lines round a small silver knop.
History note: Frank Smart Collection
From the Frank Smart Collection, given by T.J.G. Duncanson
Length: 16.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1930) by Duncanson, T. J. G.
17th Century, Late
Circa
1680
-
Circa
1700
Accession number: M.20-1930
Primary reference Number: 166979
Old object number: M.2-1930
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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