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Pincers
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Pincers

Dateabout 300 BCE - 300 CE
MediumSteel
Dimensions31.1 × 5.7 × 3.5 cm (12 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 1 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineGift of Rumiko and Laurent Adamowicz
Object number2024.185
DescriptionExcavated condition. Flat stock, small jaws, pivoting on a large rivet; small knobs at end of the handles. Said to have been excavated in archeological site in Italy.
On View
On view
Current Location
  • Exhibition Location   Gallery 2204
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Pincers made of files and rasps
1700s-1800s
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Pincers made of files and rasps
European
1700s-1800s
Stirrup
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English
1100s–1200s
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Type A "Montefortino" Helmet
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about 400–200 B.C.E.
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12th or 13th century, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127) or Southern song dynasty (1127–1279)
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late 1700s-early 1800s
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
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Northern Italian
portions 1500s, assembled and decorated in 1800s
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
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Northern Italian
portions 1500s, assembled and decorated in 1800s
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Target (shield) with breech-loading gun
Italian
about 1540
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Combination Tool (pliers and cutter)
French
late 1600s–1700s
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Fragmentary Mainplate of a Poleyn for the Left (?) Knee "alla tedesca" (in the German style)
Italian
about 1505–1510
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Fragmentary Mainplate of a Poleyn for the Left (?) Knee "alla tedesca" (in the German style)
Italian
about 1505–1510