IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 166985 accession number: M.24-1930 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 17 September 2012 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Silver and steel; the knife has a steel scimitar-shaped blade and a silver tapering square section handle which broadens towards the openwork Renaissance terminal with small stepped baluster finial. Each side of the cast handle depicts two male figures with an inscription underneath. The upper figure on one side probably represents St. John, under whom is inscribed 'FIDES'. Above and below the figures are floral swags and masks. object type: silver and steel; the knife has a steel blade and a silver handle decorated with two figures on each side, one probably representing St. John title: knife NOTES ----- type: history note value: Frank Smart Collection LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- 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 ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166985 PEOPLE ------------------- St John man SUBJECTS ------------------- flower flower CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1900 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1900 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Bry, Theodor de maker: Le Blon, Michel DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 19.2 CITATIONS -------- Cutlery for the Table: A History of British Table and Pocket Cutlery Knives & Forks of the Victoria and Albert Museum Cutlery: From Gothic to Art Deco: The J. Hollander Collection ---