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L-Shaped Anvil Stake
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L-Shaped Anvil Stake

Date1700s–1800s
Mediumsteel
Dimensions39 × 41.5 cm (15 3/8 × 16 5/16 in.), 7 lb 9 oz (weight)
ClassificationsUtilitarian Objects
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1035
DescriptionBlade shaped working arm. Post fitted with a simple square collar with bevelled corners. Unadorned.
ProvenancePurchased by the Museum on February 24, 1932 from Sumner Healey (NY). Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
Not on view
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Spanish
1600s-1700s
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Spanish
1700s–1800s
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European
1600s–1800s
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Italian
1400s–1500s
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German
1600s
Pomegranate Shaped Vessel
Ancient Egyptian
n.d.
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Franz Großschedel
1560–1570
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English
not later than the 1630s
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Austrian
1550–1600, with 19th century restorations
Strigil
Graeco-Roman
about 500–300 BCE
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Roman
1st–3rd century
Close Helmet
Austrian
possibly about 1580–1590