IDENTIFIERS
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id:	166971
accession number:	M.38A & 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: Ivory, silver, enamel and steel; the knife has a scimitar-shaped steel blade, the ivory handle is of circular section and broadens towards the silver terminal cap.  The handle is inlaid with silver wire in a floral design of tulips, flowers and scrolls, which are decorated with green enamel and brown scoring.  The silver ferrule has a moulded band of lines.  The fork has two long steel tines and a handle which is decorated similarly to that of the knife.
object type: ivory, silver, enamel and steel; the knife has a scimitar-shaped steel blade and ivory handle with floral design; 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/166971


SUBJECTS
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flower
flower



CATEGORIES
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category: cutlery

DATING
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creation date:	1670 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1670
creation date latest:	1700
culture:	17th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: unmarked


CITATIONS
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British Cutlery: An Illustrated History of Design, Evolution and Use
Knives & Forks of the Victoria and Albert Museum
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