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Woman Holding a Falcon and a Flower, German, 19th century

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

19th century

Plaquette in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1975.1.1353), catalogued by the museum's Robert Lehman Collection department under the title “Woman Holding a Falcon and a Flower”. The museum dates it 19th century and records its origin as German. The museum records the medium as Gilt silver, remnants of solder on the reverse. and the dimensions as 4.1 x 3.4 cm, wt. 22.23 g.. Subject tags assigned by the museum: Falcons, Women. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.

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Physical characteristics

Material
Gilt silver, remnants of solder on the reverse.
Dimensions
4.1 x 3.4 cm, wt. 22.23 g.

Technical characteristics

Classification
Plaquettes
Culture recorded
German

Identification

Met object id
460999
Museum object name
Plaquette
Museum object number
1975.1.1353

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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