IDENTIFIERS
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id:	160143
accession number:	O.194-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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
title:	shield

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Robert Taylor
creditline: Given by Robert Taylor, MA

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/160143





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 52

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 2010



CITATIONS
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List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879
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