IDENTIFIERS
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id:	18465
accession number:	M.4-1942

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 19 April 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Visor, of grotesque form, for parade use. Formed of an upper and a lower section joined by modern screws serving as pivots at their rear ends.  The visor is embossed in the form of a beaked mask cut with apertures for the eyes and fretted with three quatrefoils at its lower end.  The beak is formed of two separate plates riveted to the front of the upper and lower sections of the visor respectively.  The arms of the visor are also formed of separate plates.  The arms of the lower section have restored terminals.
title:	visor

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Mr Francis Henry Cripps-Day


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
creditline: Given by F.H. Cripps-Day

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18465





TECHNIQUES
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formed of an upper and lower section joined by modern screws serving as pivots at their rear ends; hammered, shaped, riveted, with embossed decoration
hammered
TECHNIQUES
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patinating
TECHNIQUES
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formed

CATEGORIES
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category: armour

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1900
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1900
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Weight
units: kg
value: 0.7