Maker: Unknown
Formed of hide, circular and domed with a raised rim. Black in colour. There are four copper alloy bosses, shallow domes with fretted flanges, at the centre, retaining iron loops inside with straps and a square pad originally covered in green and red velvet, with a leather square at the centre, now very damaged. Above the bosses is a crescent and one of two smaller bosses, matching the functional bosses but decorative. All these retain traces of gilding. The surface is dirty but in good condition, with one big chip inside, and the whole thing is warped. At one edge two suspension holes are pierced
Given by Robert Taylor, MA
Diameter: 52 cm
Weight: 2010 g
Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA
18th Century
Circa
1700
-
1800
Inscription present: adhesive
Accession number: O.194-1879
Primary reference Number: 160143
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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