Mount for a staff

Description

A mount for a staff in gilded bronze. It is six-sided, hollow and decorated with a floral motif within a diamond-shaped panel on each side. The sides are enamelled in blue and red. Possibly French.

Object data

Accession number

MG 139/112

Creator

French (possibly)

Date made

13th or early 14th century AD

Materials

Metal; Copper Alloy; Bronze (gilded); Glass; Enamel

Collection

Dimensions (cm)

Archival information

File of material relating to a staff mount. Includes photocopy of information card with photocopy of image of object (date unspecified); photocopy of Hunt Museum object comment sheet (25 April 1996) containing comments made about object by John Cherry, British Museum. He dates it to late thirteenth century-early fourteenth century and attributes the object to France.

Place of collection

Technique

Copyright Attribution

Mount for a staff | Metal,Copper Alloy,Bronze (gilded), Glass,Enamel | 13th or early 14th century AD | The Hunt Collection | PD

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