IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 167104 accession number: M.49A & B-1930 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 18 September 2012 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Wood and steel, parcel-gilt; each knife has a steel pointed scimitar-shaped blade with a broad flat upper edge, ornate polymorphic bolster and wide ferrule which are damascened in gold. The wood handle is carved in the form of a pair of figures standing on a rope edged plinth with scrolling foliage behind. Knife A depicts two young men, and knife B depicts two young women. object type: wood and steel, parcel-gilt; each knife with a steel blade and a wood handle carved with a pair of figures title: pair of knives 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/167104 PEOPLE ------------------- woman man CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1650 - 1700 creation date earliest: 1650 creation date latest: 1700 culture: 17th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified maker: Unknown CITATIONS -------- Cutlery: From Gothic to Art Deco: The J. Hollander Collection Bestecke: Die Egloffstein'sche Sammlung (15.-18. Juhrhundert) auf der Wartburg ---