IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 167110 accession number: M.62A-D-1930 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 24 September 2015 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Rock crystal, silver-gilt, and steel; the knife (A) has a steel blade with parallel sides tapering to a sharp point; the handle is of rock crystal, of tapering rectangular form, held by a silver-gilt mount, terminal cap and broad ferrule engraved with leaves. The fork (B) has three silver-gilt tines; its handle comprises alternating facetted knops of rock crystal - three ovoid and four spherical - separated by silver-gilt double calyxes and terminating in a cap, all cut and engraved to resemble a band of stiff leaves. The spoon (C) has a fig-shaped rock crystal bowl held by an engraved silver-gilt mount to the handle which comprises one octagonal, three spherical and two ovoid facetted knops of rock crystal separated by silver-gilt spacers similar to those of the fork, but terminating in an small ovoid rock crystal knop with an undecorated hemisperical cap with ball knop (possibly a replacement for an earlier decorated finial). The rectangular hinged case (D) is covered in red Morocco with tooled and gilt borders; it is lined with turquoise silk and silver braid. object type: rock crystal, silver-gilt, and steel; the knife with steel blade and rock crystal handle with silver-gilt mounts; the three tined fork and spoon have knopped handles of facetted rock crystal with silver-gilt mounts title: knife, fork and spoon in case NOTES ----- type: history note value: Frank Smart Collection LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- 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 ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167110 TECHNIQUES ---------- gilding TECHNIQUES ---------- engraving CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1640 - 1900 creation date earliest: 1640 creation date latest: 1900 culture: 17th Century, Late-19th Century, Early CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified maker: Unknown maker: Unknown CITATIONS -------- Cutlery: From Gothic to Art Deco: The J. Hollander Collection Knives & Forks of the Victoria and Albert Museum ---