Popinjay
1500-1550 (made)
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Popinjay with collar and badges, silver, parcel-gilt, hung with silver chains and 20 badges. The bird has a collar and crown and clasps a perch with hs claws. The two earliest badges and the medal hang from a ringg at his beak. A short chain attached to two rings on the bird's back passes through the brooch, which has a loop and wire joining the two ends of a long double chain from which the rest of the badges hang. The two earliest badges are shield shaped, the others are oval, heart shaped and of irregular cartouche shape; some of them are repoussé with ornamental borders and coronets and one is gilt. Several of them mention the castle of Kelmont (Helmont) in the neighbourhood of Beeck; one stles the guild the "fraternity of St. Martin."
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, parcel-gilt, chased and engraved. |
| Brief description | Popinjay with collar and badges, silver, the Netherlands, 1500-1550. |
| Physical description | Popinjay with collar and badges, silver, parcel-gilt, hung with silver chains and 20 badges. The bird has a collar and crown and clasps a perch with hs claws. The two earliest badges and the medal hang from a ringg at his beak. A short chain attached to two rings on the bird's back passes through the brooch, which has a loop and wire joining the two ends of a long double chain from which the rest of the badges hang. The two earliest badges are shield shaped, the others are oval, heart shaped and of irregular cartouche shape; some of them are repoussé with ornamental borders and coronets and one is gilt. Several of them mention the castle of Kelmont (Helmont) in the neighbourhood of Beeck; one stles the guild the "fraternity of St. Martin." |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Credit line | Gift of J.H. Fitzhenry |
| Object history | This popinjay and badges is a shootingtrophy of the Shooting Guild of St. Martin at Beek, North Brabant. The badges are inscribed with names of winners in shooting contests and dates ranging from 1651 to 1829. This object was on loan from J.H. Fitzhenry from January 1902 to September 1903. |
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| Accession number | 1303-1903 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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