IDENTIFIERS
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id:	167104
accession number:	M.49A & B-1930

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 18 September 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
object type: wood and steel, parcel-gilt; each knife with a steel blade and a wood handle carved with a pair of figures
title:	pair of knives

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/167104

PEOPLE
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woman
man




CATEGORIES
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category: cutlery

DATING
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creation date:	1650 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1650
creation date latest:	1700
culture:	17th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified
maker: Unknown


CITATIONS
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Cutlery: From Gothic to Art Deco: The J. Hollander Collection
Bestecke: Die Egloffstein'sche Sammlung (15.-18. Juhrhundert) auf der Wartburg
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