IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 166980 accession number: M.21-1930 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 21 September 2012 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Ivory, silver and steel; the two long tines and short turned stem are of steel; the ivory octaonal section handle broadens slightly towards the silver terminal cap. Each side of the handle is inlaid with a line of silver wire enclosing a geometric silver piqué work design of scrolls and small circles. The deep silver terminal is slightly domed and engraved with an illegible inscription. The silver ferrule is missing. object type: ivory, silver and steel; two long tines on an ivory handle inlaid with a geometric design of silver lines circles, and capped in silver 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/166980 CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1680 - 1700 creation date earliest: 1680 creation date latest: 1700 culture: 17th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 14 CITATIONS -------- British Cutlery: An Illustrated History of Design, Evolution and Use Cutlery for the Table: A History of British Table and Pocket Cutlery Knives & Forks of the Victoria and Albert Museum ---