IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 167111 accession number: M.57A-D-1930 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 24 September 2015 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Silver, parcel-gilt, enamel and steel; the knife (A) has a steel blade of scimitar shape tapering to a sharp point; the silver handle is a slender fluted spiral enamelled with a narrow band of turquoise; just above the join with the blade are a pair of back-to-back scrolls enamelled in turquoise; the handle terminates in a volute, also enamelled in turquoise; the applied finial is in the form of a head, with white enamelled face and green enamelled leaves in the hair. The fork (B) has steel tines; its handle is similar to that of the knife, but it unscrews, and the terminal depicts a different head, facing right, with green enamelled leaves at the base of the neck. The spoon (C) has a fig-shaped silver bowl, with traces of gilding on the back; it joins the handle with a series of scrolls enamelled turquoise; the handle is similar to those of the knife and fork, but the finial depicts a third head with chaplet of green leaves. The case (D) with hinged lid is shaped like a spoon with a broad handle; it is covered in fishskin and lined with red velvet. object type: silver, parcel-gilt, enamel and steel; the knife with steel blade on a slender spiral fluted handle with enamelled head finial ; the fork and spoon with similar handles, the case of fishskin 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/167111 PEOPLE ------------------- female TECHNIQUES ---------- enamelling TECHNIQUES ---------- gilding CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1870 - 1910 creation date earliest: 1870 creation date latest: 1910 culture: 19th Century, Late-20th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown maker: Unknown CITATIONS -------- Cutlery: From Gothic to Art Deco: The J. Hollander Collection ---