Renaissance gold plaque with a battle scene

An image of Plaque/jewellery. Plaque from a hat badge. Unknown maker, Italy. Gold, embossed and chased with a battle scene, diameter 4.3 cm, circa 1500-1600. Renaissance. Production Note: Accessioned as the top of a box, but probably a plaque from a hat badge. Probably Italian but possibly Northern European.

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Plaque/jewellery. Plaque from a hat badge. Unknown maker, Italy. Gold, embossed and chased with a battle scene, diameter 4.3 cm, circa 1500-1600. Renaissance. Production Note: Accessioned as the top of a box, but probably a plaque from a hat badge. Probably Italian but possibly Northern European.

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Accession Number: MAR.M.283-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 1002 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 753.80kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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16th Century badge battle battle scene battlefield chased circular embossed fighting Fitz_AA gold hat badge horseback horses Italian jewellery plaque Renaissance round

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