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Pavise: HEN.M.154-1933

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Uncertain)

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Description

Wood covered with canvas on the inside, possibly leather on the outside. Wider at bottom than top, with corners rounded at the top. Flat vertical gutter with sloping sides, down the middle. Pointed beak in centre at top. Painted with arms of the Hapsburgs. On back is a central hand-grip of leather (?), a cross-bar of the same material at top, and another below grip. There are four metal staples and a place for a fifth. The bottom has been badly damaged and completely reconstructed.

Notes

History note: Probably from the Vienna Arsenal. James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex, by whom bequeathed

Legal notes

J.S. Henderson Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 129.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Henderson, James Stewart

Dating

15th Century, Late
Production date: circa AD 1480

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Part composed of wood (plant material)
Inside composed of canvas
Outside composed of leather
Bottom Width 58 cm
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Techniques used in production

Hammered : Wood covered with canvas on the inside, possibly leather on the outside.
Formed

Identification numbers

Accession number: HEN.M.154-1933
Primary reference Number: 18710
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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