Production: Unknown (Uncertain)
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.
History note: Probably from the Vienna Arsenal. James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex, by whom bequeathed
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Height: 129.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Henderson, James Stewart
15th Century, Late
Production date:
circa
AD 1480
Part
composed of
wood (plant material)
Inside
composed of
canvas
Outside
composed of
leather
Bottom
Width 58 cm
Parts
Hammered
: Wood covered with canvas on the inside, possibly leather on the outside.
Formed
Accession number: HEN.M.154-1933
Primary reference Number: 18710
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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