IDENTIFIERS
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id:	166974
accession number:	M.27-1930

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 4 October 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
object type: ivory and steel; two steel tines on an ivory handle stained with a pattern of flower heads and scrolling foliage
title:	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/166974


SUBJECTS
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flower
flower



CATEGORIES
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category: cutlery

DATING
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creation date:	1650 - 1680
creation date earliest:	1650
creation date latest:	1680
culture:	17th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: unmarked

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 16



CITATIONS
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British Cutlery: An Illustrated History of Design, Evolution and Use
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