IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 167103 accession number: M.26 & A-1933 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 13 December 2017 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Ivory, steel, leather and silver; the knife has a broad double-sided steel blade which tapers to a rounded point. The ivory handle is carved in the form of Venus and Cupid. She rests against a pillar whilst holding an arrow in her left hand and Cupid's hand in her right. Behind them rises a spray of scrolling foliage, and they stand on a plinth decorated with scrolls. The ferrule is of steel with decorative borders. The sheath is of leather mounted in silver at the rim and base, and is of slender triangular shape. Both mounts have scroll cut edges and are engraved, chased and punched with rocaille decoration. object type: ivory, steel, leather and silver; the knife with steel blade and ivory handle carved with Venus and Cupid; the leather sheath with silver mounts title: knife and sheath NOTES ----- type: history note value: not known before testator LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by A.A. de Pass, 1933 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167103 PEOPLE ------------------- Venus Cupid CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1600 - 1650 creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1650 culture: 17th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown maker: Unknown maker: Unknown