IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 19683 accession number: M.69 & A-1930 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 10 February 2021 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- 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 ----- type: history note value: Frank Gray Smart, Bredbury, Tunbridge Wells (d. 1913); T.J.G. Duncanson LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Frank Gray Smart creditline: Given by T.J.G. Duncanson MA STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/19683 PEOPLE ------------------- Smart, Frank Gray lady man CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons DATING ------ creation date: 1820 - 1880 creation date earliest: 1820 creation date latest: 1880 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown