IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 167130 accession number: M.52A-C-1930 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 21 June 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Amber, bone ivory, silver and steel, wood and shagreen; the knife (A) has a steel blade which tapers to a downward point, the amber and bone or ivory handle is of octagonal section and broadens towards the finial. The sides are of narrow vertical scales of bone or ivory alternating with amber. An inscription of letters cut from gold foil shows through the amber scales. The silver ferrule is engraved with two reeded bands and is initialled 'TW'. The terminal is of a head, probably of a young boy, with long curly hair. The fork (B) has two short steel tines, which slope inwards, on a long baluster knopped stem, and a handle which is similar to that of the knife. The case (C) is of wood covered with unpolished pearl ray shagreen; it has a pull-off lid, is of lobed oval section and tapers to a point. object type: amber, bone or ivory, silver and steel; the knife with tapering steel blade and a handle of amber and ivory strips with carved amber head finial; the fork has two tines on a handle similar to that of the knife; the case is covered with shagreen title: knife, fork and case 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/167130 PEOPLE ------------------- boy CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1670 - 1700 creation date earliest: 1670 creation date latest: 1700 culture: 17th Century# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown maker: Unknown CITATIONS -------- Cutlery: From Gothic to Art Deco: The J. Hollander Collection Knives & Forks of the Victoria and Albert Museum ---