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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1700 - 1800; Classification(s): weapons, shield; Acquisition: given by Taylor, Robert, MA, 1879, Given by Robert Taylor, MA [O.192-1879]
Description: Formed of hide, circular and domed with a raised rim. Lacquered black inside and out. There are four iron bosses, onion-shaped with petalled flanges, at the centre, retaining iron loops inside with two leather straps and a square leather pad. The bosses are decorated with floral bands and petals. The surface inside and out is considerably chipped, especially around the suspension holes and at one side. At one edge two suspension holes are pierced | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | Unknown weapons shield | Temporal: | name=18th century; start=1700; end=1800 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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