IDENTIFIERS
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id:	167088
accession number:	M.23-1930

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 24 September 2015

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Silver, parcel-gilt and niello; the knife has a silver slightly pointed spatulate blade; the silver handle is of rectanglar section which broadens slightly towards the silver-gilt terminal.  The two flat sides of the handle are inlaid with niello panels depicting the trophies of war, including a drum, horns and swords.  The narrow sides are engraved with a ropework border.  There is a narrow silver-gilt ferrule.  The silver-gilt terminal  is of architectural domed form and is chased with panels of flowers.
object type: silver, parcel-gilt and niello; the silver knife has a plain blade on a handle nielloed with the trophies of war
title:	knife

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/167088


SUBJECTS
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drum
sword
drum
sword



TECHNIQUES
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engraving
TECHNIQUES
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chasing

CATEGORIES
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category: cutlery

DATING
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creation date:	1600 - 1650
creation date earliest:	1600
creation date latest:	1650
culture:	17th Century, Early-Mid

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 18.6



CITATIONS
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Knives & Forks of the Victoria and Albert Museum
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