IDENTIFIERS
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id:	166970
accession number:	M.37A & B-1930

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 13 December 2017

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Silver, brass and steel; the knife has a near parallel steel blade; the tapering round section handle broadens towards the screw-off finial.  The sides of the handle are pierced and chased with a vignette of Perseus and Andromeda over a brass lining.  The hemispherical finial is pierced with leaves round a ball knop.  The fork has four steel tines and a handle which is decorated similarly to that of the knife.
object type: silver, brass and steel; the knife with straight steel blade and an openwork silver handle; the two-tined fork has a similar handle
title:	knife and fork

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Frank Smart Collection


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 Smart Collection
creditline: From the Frank Smart Collection, given by T.J.G. Duncanson

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166970





TECHNIQUES
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piercing

CATEGORIES
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category: cutlery

DATING
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creation date:	1680 - 1740
creation date earliest:	1680
creation date latest:	1740
culture:	17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: unmarked


CITATIONS
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Cutlery for the Table: A History of British Table and Pocket Cutlery
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