IDENTIFIERS
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id:	166978
accession number:	M.47A & 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: Wood, silver and steel; the knife has a tapering steel blade which turns down towards the point; the pistol grip oval section handle is of wood.  Each side of the handle is set with a row of three engraved silver bosses, the lowest one probably depicts a pair of crossed swords, the central one depicts a stylised flower, and the upper one bears the coat-of-arms of the Elector of Saxony impaling another, on a ground of small silver piqué work circles.  The volute terminal is capped with silver, which is engraved with a flower.  The broad silver ferrule is engraved with a pattern of lines.  The fork has two long steel tines and a silver ferrule and wood handle, which are decorated similarly to that of the knife.
object type: wood, silver and steel; the knife has a steel blade and a pistol grip wood handle set on each side with three silver bosses; the two-tined fork is similarly decorated.
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/166978

PEOPLE
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The Elector of Saxony




TECHNIQUES
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pique

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: Unidentified


CITATIONS
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Bestecke: Die Egloffstein'sche Sammlung (15.-18. Juhrhundert) auf der Wartburg
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