Maker: Unknown
Formed of hide, circular and domed with a raised rim, lacquered black inside and out. There are four iron bosses, shallow domes with fretted flanges, at the centre, retaining iron loops inside, the straps missing, and a square pad covered red cotton, with a red and yellow tape border. Above the bosses is a crescent, matching the functional bosses but decorative. The surface is dirty but in good condition, cracked round the edges. At one edge two suspension holes are pierced
Given by Robert Taylor, MA
Diameter: 48 cm
Weight: 1735 g
Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA
18th Century
Circa
1700
CE
-
1800
CE
Accession number: O.195-1879
Primary reference Number: 160144
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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