IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 167093 accession number: M/P.2-1922 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 17 August 2015 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Silver and steel; the silver handle is of tapering octagonal form which broadens towards the domed pull-off terminal cap. The blade is missing but the steel screw attachment remains at the narrow end of the handle. Inside the handle is a removeable tapering cylindrical nutmeg or tabacco grater. object type: silver and steel; the hollow octagonal handle with pull-off cap containing a nutmeg grater title: knife handle NOTES ----- type: history note value: Howard, John LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Spencer George Perceval Collection creditline: Bequeathed by Spender George Perceval, 1922 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167093 PEOPLE ------------------- John Howard CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1700 - 1780 creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1780 culture: 18th Century, Early-Mid# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 6.6