IDENTIFIERS
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id:	166981
accession number:	M.22-1930

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 6 December 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Steel and silver; the steel blade has parallel sides, the steel handle is of tapering oval section with a step two-thirds of the way from the simple bolster.  The slightly curved terminal cap has a small ball-shaped knop.  The handle is inlaid with a formal pattern of silver wires, beads, masks and ornaments.  Slight traces of gilding remain on the handle.
object type: steel and silver; with a steel blade and steel handle inlaid silver ornaments
title:	knife

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/166981





CATEGORIES
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category: cutlery

DATING
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creation date:	1609 - 1660
creation date earliest:	1609
creation date latest:	1660
culture:	17th Century, Early-Mid

CREATORS
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maker: Eament, Thomas

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 17.1



CITATIONS
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Cutlery for the Table: A History of British Table and Pocket Cutlery
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