IDENTIFIERS
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id:	19683
accession number:	M.69 & A-1930

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 10 February 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Steel inlaid with silver decoration in relief.  Of flattened pear-shape with cylindrical screw-on stopper (A).  Attached to the base of the stopper is a rod within a hollow tube, the top of which is pierced with two D-shaped holes. The flat top of the stopper has a C-shaped aperature, operated by twisting the tube.  The sides are decorated with two oval beaded cartouches containing vignettes.  One depicts a seated lady and a gentleman in a cutaway coat; the other a lady standing beside a table with eagle support.  The background and the stopper are decorated with Arabesques and scrolling foliage.
object type: steel flask inlaid with silver decoration and two vignettes of a lady and gentleman
title:	priming flask

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Frank Gray Smart, Bredbury, Tunbridge Wells (d. 1913); T.J.G. Duncanson


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 Gray Smart
creditline: Given by T.J.G. Duncanson MA

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/19683

PEOPLE
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Smart, Frank Gray
lady
man




CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1820 - 1880
creation date earliest:	1820
creation date latest:	1880
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown