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Plate

17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Germany (made)

Iron plate from a chest, pierced and engraved with a mermaid and dolphins.


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Tools & Equipment
Ironwork
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Iron, pierced and engraved
Iron
Piercing
Engraving (Incising)
Brief description
Plate from a chest, iron pierced and engraved with a mermaid and dolphins, made in Germany, 17th century
Physical description
Iron plate from a chest, pierced and engraved with a mermaid and dolphins.
Gallery label
PLATE Iron Germany; 17th century 936-1893 From a chest. Pierced and engraved with a mermaid and dolphins.(07/1994)
Subjects depicted
Dolphin (Animal)
Mermaids
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
936-1893

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O295650/plate-unknown/
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