IDENTIFIERS
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id:	167108
accession number:	M.3A-C-1836

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 13 December 2017

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Pressed horn powder, gold, silver, steel and fishskin; each knife has a pressed horn powder handle in green flecked with red to resemble haematite, oval in section, broadening slightly towards the gold terminal cap, and with a gold ferrule.  The slim blade has parallel sides tapering to a sharp point.  Knife A has a blade of silver, and knife B has a blade of steel.  The case is covered in fishskin dyed malachite green.  It is approximately oval in section and tapers to a point.  The lid is hinged with a press button clasp, and the interior is lined in red velvet.
object type: Pressed horn powder, gold, silver, steel and fishskin; each knife with slender handle and silver or steel blade, in a green fishskin case
title:	a pair of knives and case

NOTES
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type: history note
value: not known before testator


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

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167108





CATEGORIES
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category: cutlery

DATING
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creation date:	1780 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1780
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified
maker: Unknown
maker: Unknown


CITATIONS
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Cutlery: From Gothic to Art Deco: The J. Hollander Collection
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