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Sword of State of the Earldom of Chester
The drawing shows a sword of state of Edward, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, son of Edward IV. It has a religious inscription on the hilt and coats of arms of the six titles held by Edward, who came to Chester in 1475.
Creator
- British Museum
- Edward V
- Ormerod, George
Subject
- Armour and Weapons
- Drawings
- Metalwork
- archaeology
- Goldwork
- Drawing
- Archaeology
Creator
- British Museum
- Edward V
- Ormerod, George
Subject
- Armour and Weapons
- Drawings
- Metalwork
- archaeology
- Goldwork
- Drawing
- Archaeology
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Rights
- British Museum|Edward V|Ormerod, George
Temporal
- 15th century
- Medieval : Late
- 14XX
- 15th century
Places
- British Museum
- Cheshire
- Chester
- England
- Europe
- United Kingdom
- United Kingdom
- England
- Cheshire
Provenance
- Society of Antiquaries of London Catalogue of Drawings and Museum Objects: Arms and Armour
Source
- Archaeology Data Sevice
Identifier
- society_albums/arms_and_armour/aa5
Is part of
- http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/SoA_images/index.cfm?CFID=9579&CFTOKEN=BF7E76A0-D723-4BB2-9AC4B2BE9A527C12
References
- Vetusta Monumenta 5 (1835): pl. L. George Ormerod, 'Observations on Several Ancient Swords of State Belonging to the Earldom of Chester'.
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-01-18T10:19:27.366Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-07-25T11:21:26.369Z