IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 167153 accession number: M.10A-M-1978 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 30 June 2016 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl, wood lined in velvet; each knife (A-F) has a silver-gilt blade with parallel sides and rounded tip, a silver-gilt ferrule moulded with parallel bands and a mother-of-pearl handle of flattened octagonal section with broadens towards the rounded terminal. Each fork (G-L) has four silver-gilt tines on a slender baluster stem, and a mother-of-pearl handle similar to those of the knives. The case (M) is of of oak; it is rectangular with a hinged lid set with a vacant brass plaque; the interior is fitted with a lift-out tray and is lined with green velvet. object type: silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl; each knife and fork with silver-gilt blade or tines and mother-of-pearl handle title: dessert knives and forks LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Miss Diana F. Kraemer, 1978 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167153 CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1806 - 1807 creation date earliest: 1806 creation date latest: 1807 culture: 19th Century, Early# culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Boulton, Matthew maker: Unknown maker: Dobson & Sons