IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 167094 accession number: M.50A-C-1930 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Silver-gilt, tortoiseshell and gold; the knife has a silver-gilt slightly scimitar shaped pointed blade with a flying bolster, and a hollow translucent blond tortoiseshell handle. The handle is oval in section and broadens towards the shaped rounded terminal. The two convex tortoiseshell sides (scales) are pinned to a scale tang and joined by a narrow moulded border of silver-gilt. The surface of the tortoiseshell is inlaid with gold piqué work scrolls, foliage and latticework. The dessert fork has four silver-gilt tines. The dessert spoon has an oval silver-gilt bowl, on the back of which is a chased stylised leaf and rat-tail. The fork and spoon both have flat scales of tortoiseshell pinned to the top and bottom of the handles and joined by a narrow moulded border of silver-gilt. The tortoiseshell scales are decorated with gold piqué work scrolls, foliage and latticework to match the knife. object type: Silver-gilt, tortoiseshell and gold; the knife has a silver-gilt blade and a tortoiseshell handle with gold piqué scrolls, foliage and latticework; the fork and spoon are similarly decorated title: knife, fork and spoon 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/167094 TECHNIQUES ---------- gilding CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1710 - 1750 creation date earliest: 1710 creation date latest: 1750 culture: 18th Century, Early-Mid culture: Louis XV CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown CITATIONS -------- Cutlery: From Gothic to Art Deco: The J. Hollander Collection Knives & Forks of the Victoria and Albert Museum ---