Maker: unmarked
Ivory and steel; two steel tines on an ivory handle stained with a pattern of flower heads and scrolling foliage
Ivory and steel; the fork has two long tines and a slender turned stem of steel; the handle is of tapering round section which broadens towards the slightly domed terminal; it is of ivory with a pattern of four lines of flower heads linked by scrolling foliage on a dark brown stained ground. A small hole at the end of the handle suggests a very small knop, possibly a gilt ball, is missing.
History note: Frank Smart Collection
From the Frank Smart Collection, given by T.J.G. Duncanson
Length: 16 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1930) by Duncanson, T. J. G.
17th Century, Late
Circa
1650
-
Circa
1680
Tines
composed of
steel
Handle
composed of
ivory
Accession number: M.27-1930
Primary reference Number: 166974
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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