1592997056000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-166987 1747160644129 1714401515000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-166987 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166987 73045e86-efe3-301b-87f4-65230c8434b5 7 person reference agent-178704 adlib-agent-178704 5960d0fb-af70-3aef-8dbe-e8826529994b Esther person reference agent-178703 adlib-agent-178703 bc1ab745-ea3d-3ec1-a7ec-c3cdd1372450 Ahasuerus person reference agent-183158 adlib-agent-183158 b217b763-7c61-3d28-a227-3e2d01b54b1f Mordechai person reference agent-178702 adlib-agent-178702 1a4ccb13-2fdb-3ac1-8ac5-0de3854fb7ec Haman reference term-81891 adlib-term-81891 6ab3dc8e-a37a-37f2-ab96-73589f8ff338 cutlery reference term-117421 adlib-term-117421 b63c0503-c8cb-357b-8caa-14278a48e61d Frank Smart Collection reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Handle reference term-40136 adlib-term-40136 28e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5 steel Blade reference term-40762 adlib-term-40762 fbb529f4-e645-3a9c-9180-ebc86dbfdc51 velvet Box Lining reference term-40902 adlib-term-40902 ec39a220-e629-3548-92f0-14937d5d3167 leather Length cm 23 Width cm 4.9 Box Length cm 19.8 Fork Length cm 21 Knife reference term-128291 adlib-term-128291 6774cce3-c267-38a6-ab3b-5aa6a36f778b The Book of Esther Applied Arts silver and steel; the knife has a steel blade and a silver handle engraved on each side with scenes from the Book of Esther; the two tined fork is similarly decorated Silver and steel; the knife has a steel blade with parallel sides and a gilt polymorphic bolster; the silver tapering square section handle broadens towards the openwork Renaissance terminal, which has a small gilt stepped baluster finial. Each side of the handle is engraved and enamelled in black with - from the bolster - a naked woman under an arch inscribed 'PRUDENTIA' or 'FIDES', a cherub sitting on top of the arch, a scene from the Book of Esther beneath an arch inscribed 'ESTHER', and - on the finial - a crowned winged heart and squirrel with fruit, or a winged cherub's head and basket of flowers. The fork has two long steel tines with a bolster and silver handle decorated similarly to that of the knife, except above a naked woman and Bacchic man are arches inscribed 'CIRES' and BACCHVS. The rectangular case is covered in brown leather with a tooled gilt border round the hinged lid. The fitted interior is lined with green velvet. 186 reference exhibition-3305 adlib-exhibition-3305 534a3247-91a9-398f-abe9-7b419586f568 Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe (1500-1800) M.61A-C-1930 1 accession number M.61A-C-1930 166987 priref 166987 1930 1930 1930 The Fitzwilliam Museum old object number M.2-1930 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166987 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166987 a scythe or sickle on the blade inlaid in gold cutler's mark over depiction from the Book of Esther engraved ESTHER inscription 'FIDES', 'PRUDENTIA', 'CERES' or 'BACCHVS' over each naked woman or Bacchic figure engraved inscription on the base of the case printed on paper and glued 124 A KNIFE AND FORK, the grips of silver, engraved with The History of Esther, probably the work of Simon de Passe - early 17th Century inscription reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum From the Frank Smart Collection, given by T.J.G. Duncanson reference agent-154693 adlib-agent-154693 d2310125-1ac3-3e10-9cbf-cbd3d73c2fe5 Duncanson, T. J. G. 1930 1930 1930 given Entry date: 1930 1600 CE 1600 circa 1600 after designer reference agent-19600 adlib-agent-19600 73457f0a-4e70-3594-9fdc-6c87e40d8115 Bry, Johann Theodor de reference term-106607 adlib-term-106607 61babb74-f8fd-3e53-abf6-c2c2f5dd351b 17th Century, Early reference term-106665 adlib-term-106665 81bdeec4-f191-3840-9127-d89be6989655 literal Netherlands Netherlands country Dutch, from the United Provinces of the Netherlands Netherlands reference term-128275 adlib-term-128275 52c9d46c-e415-3665-b8b9-2e5249fafc72 knife, fork and case object name reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver category history note Frank Smart Collection reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. p. 152, fig. 5.27 and p. 251, cat. 186 152, 251 reference publication-8743 adlib-publication-8743 a86a8f73-aae5-372c-930d-aa215bd02c9b Feast & Fast. The Art of Food in Europe 1500-1800 reference publication-6475 adlib-publication-6475 a6c9e784-0b77-32e9-b69c-2a8252b00694 Cutlery for the Table: A History of British Table and Pocket Cutlery reference publication-6476 adlib-publication-6476 5cba0d4a-71f1-3a65-aeeb-58a8e5573754 Cutlery: From Gothic to Art Deco: The J. Hollander Collection reference publication-6479 adlib-publication-6479 cd50c89c-8afb-3ae0-99cb-069b25ad2ace Knives & Forks of the Victoria and Albert Museum reference term-8219 adlib-term-8219 7f36c3a9-816a-35fc-b9c8-6d2db3da9e0d Dutch animal reference term-118890 adlib-term-118890 ea7c42bb-5706-36b1-b276-500b1ad2f9ed horse animal reference term-106610 adlib-term-106610 2d7003a7-460c-3b8a-8c34-01afca365602 squirrel plant reference term-106795 adlib-term-106795 619c7689-2029-3c57-b0e2-12f5b54bedb8 flower plant reference term-31178 adlib-term-31178 1fff7cde-5cf7-35d7-931c-f1dba7699972 fruit literal horse horse literal squirrel squirrel literal flower flower literal fruit fruit

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