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On display at the Faith Museum, Bishop Auckland

This object consists of 2 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

The Hyde Abbey Crosier Head

Crosier Head
ca. 1200-1250 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Crosier head, copper alloy and gilt. The crook formed as an eight-sided stem from which spring finely chased foliage and fruit. The lower part of the stem, the knop and the staff are of round section, undecorated.


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Religion
Christianity
Object type
Crosier Head
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Crozier
  • Fragment
TitleThe Hyde Abbey Crosier Head (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Copper alloy, hammered, chased; gilded
Copper
Copper-Gilt
Hammering
Chasing
Gilding
Brief description
The Hyde Abbey Crosier Head, copper alloy, England, ca. 1200-1250
Physical description
Crosier head, copper alloy and gilt. The crook formed as an eight-sided stem from which spring finely chased foliage and fruit. The lower part of the stem, the knop and the staff are of round section, undecorated.
Dimensions
  • Base of staff to top of crook (does not include museum mount) height: 31.3cm
  • Across widest part of crook width: 9.5cm
Object history
Found at Hyde Abbey, Winchester, ca. 1788, while digging foundations of a new jail. Bought by G. Percy Elliot of Winchester before 1851; inherited by granddaughter Mrs E.S.M. Bowker; bought from her by the V&A in 1920.
Treasures of Hyde Exhibition RF.2005/1073
Bibliographic references
  • Alexander, Jonathan, and Paul Binski (eds.), Age of Chivalry: Art in Plantagenet England 1200-1400, London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1987.
  • Treasures of Hyde Abbey. Winchester: Winchester City Council. pp. 6-7.
  • Jones, Alexandra. Catalogue entry 'Krümme eines Bischofsstabes'. In: Richard Löwenherz. König, Ritter Gefangener, ed. Alexander Schubert. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, 17 September 2017 - 15 April 2018. Regensburg: Historisches Museum / Schnell und Steiner, 2017. ISBN 9783795431655.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.88-1920

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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