IDENTIFIERS
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id:	166975
accession number:	M.26-1930

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 10 August 2015

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Silver, tortoiseshell and steel; the fork has two long tines and a short octagonal stem of steel; each side of the pistol grip handle has scales formed from three bands of embossed silver and two of tortoiseshell; the lowest band depicts a soldier with a raised sword, the middle band depicts a stag, and the terminal is embossed with scrolling foliage on a matted ground; each tortoiseshell band is held on by a central silver boss.  The steel bolster is engraved with the coat-of-arms of Saxony, and the flat top edge is of steel cut in a geometric pattern.
object type: silver, tortoiseshell and steel; two steel tines on a pistol grip handle with scales of embossed silver plaques and tortoiseshell
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/166975

PEOPLE
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soldier

SUBJECTS
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stag
stag



CATEGORIES
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category: cutlery

DATING
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creation date:	1680 - 1710
creation date earliest:	1680
creation date latest:	1710
culture:	17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: unmarked

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 15.7