IDENTIFIERS
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id:	160144
accession number:	O.195-1879

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, 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
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/160144





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: 48

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1735



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