IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 167114 accession number: M.30A-C-1930 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 21 August 2015 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Wood, white metal and steel; each knife has a steel blade with parallel sides and downward pointing tip and a handle of carved wood. Knife A depicts Diana bathing with two maids; they sit on a plinth of carved acanthus leaves and above them are the branches of a tree. Knife B depicts Actaeon, dressed as a man but with the head of a stag; he stands with a hound on a plinth of carved acanthus leaves and above are the branches of a tree. The wood case (C) is oval in section and tapers to a point. It has a white metal rim mount and tip. The sides are carved with four rows of seven panels. Two of the rows depict the twelve Apostles holding their emblems, a pair of crossed palm leaves and the initials 'WG'. The other rows depict twelve vignettes of Biblical scenes, an angel and a vacant cartouche between a pair of horns. object type: wood, white metal and steel; each knife with a steel blade, one wood handle carved with Diana bathing, the other depciting Actaeon with a stag's head; the sheath is carved with panels depicting the Apostles and Biblical vignettes title: pair of knives and sheath 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/167114 PEOPLE ------------------- Diana Actaeon SUBJECTS ------------------- hound hound CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1600 - 1650 creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1650 culture: 17th Century, first half# CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified maker: Unknown CITATIONS -------- Cutlery: From Gothic to Art Deco: The J. Hollander Collection ---