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Pacing Horse
Production: Unknown
Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast, with silvered eyes. The horse is decked in a collar, with right fore-leg raised, tail and forelock dressed, and mane hogged and notched.
History note: W.M. De Zoete, Layer Breton, Colchester and Blenheim House, North Berwick; His Sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 April 1935, lot 319; E.L. Paget Collection; His Sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 October 1949, lot 207; bought A. Spero (£400); purchased 1949 by Lt Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC (1892-1958); bequeathed to his sister, the Hon. Mrs Pamela Sherek; bequeathed by the Hon. Mrs Pamela Sherek, from the collection of the late Lt Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC, in his memory.
Bequeathed by the Hon. Mrs Pamela Sherek, from the collection of the late Lt Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC, in his memory
Height: 24.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1995) by Sherek, Pamela
16th Century, Early#
Circa
1500
CE
-
1530
CE
Adapted from one of the horses of San Marco, Venice.
Eyes
probably bronze
Copper alloy
Bronze
Casting (process) : Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast, with silvered eyes
Accession number: M.32-1997
Primary reference Number: 14032
Old object number: B.33.
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_32_1997
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Pacing Horse" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/14032 Accessed: 2024-12-23 01:30:56
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