Cutler:
Unidentified
Handle maker:
Unknown
Wood and steel, parcel-gilt; each knife with a steel blade and a wood handle carved with a pair of figures
Wood and steel, parcel-gilt; each knife has a steel pointed scimitar-shaped blade with a broad flat upper edge, ornate polymorphic bolster and wide ferrule which are damascened in gold. The wood handle is carved in the form of a pair of figures standing on a rope edged plinth with scrolling foliage behind. Knife A depicts two young men, and knife B depicts two young women.
History note: Frank Smart Collection
From the Frank Smart Collection, given by T.J.G. Duncanson
Method of acquisition: Given (1930) by Duncanson, T. J. G.
17th Century, Late
Circa
1650
CE
-
Circa
1700
CE
Handle
composed of
wood
Decoration On Blade
composed of
gold
Blade
composed of
steel
Knife B
Length 24.6 cm
Knife A
Length 24 cm
Accession number: M.49A & B-1930
Primary reference Number: 167104
Old object number: M.2-1930
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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