IDENTIFIERS
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id:	160140
accession number:	O.193-1879

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. Reddish black in colour. There are four iron bosses, onion-shaped with petalled flanges, at the centre, retaining iron loops inside  with the remains of one of the straps and a fragment of the square pad. The bosses are decorated with floral bands and petals, and retain traces of gilding. The surface inside and out is considerably chipped. 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/160140





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: 52

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1605



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