IDENTIFIERS
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id:	167114
accession number:	M.30A-C-1930

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 29 April 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Wood, white metal and steel; each knife has a steel blade with parallel sides and downward pointing tip and a handle of carved wood.  Knife A depicts Diana bathing with two maids; they sit on a plinth of carved acanthus leaves and above them are the branches of a tree.  Knife B depicts Actaeon, dressed as a man but with the head of a stag; he stands with a hound on a plinth of carved acanthus leaves and above are the branches of a tree.  The wood case (C) is oval in section and tapers to a point.  It has a white metal rim mount and tip.  The sides are carved with four rows of seven panels.  Two of the rows depict the twelve Apostles holding their emblems, a pair of crossed palm leaves and the initials 'WG'.  The other rows depict twelve vignettes of Biblical scenes, an angel and a vacant cartouche between a pair of horns.
object type: wood, white metal and steel; each knife with a steel blade, one wood handle carved with Diana bathing, the other depciting Actaeon with a stag's head; the sheath is carved with panels depicting the Apostles and Biblical vignettes
title:	pair of knives and sheath

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/167114

PEOPLE
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Diana
Actaeon

SUBJECTS
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hound
hound



CATEGORIES
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category: cutlery

DATING
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creation date:	1600 - 1650
creation date earliest:	1600
creation date latest:	1650
culture:	17th Century, first half

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified
maker: Unknown


CITATIONS
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Cutlery: From Gothic to Art Deco: The J. Hollander Collection
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