Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414c
Medium:
Glass
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Spurs
Object Number:
1923.42ab
Date:
ca. 1775
Medium:
Silver, leather
Dimensions:
each overall: 2 3/4 x 4 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. ( 7 x 10.5 x 14 cm )
Description:
Silver arched-band spurs with a curved, octagonal goad fitted with a ball head with a steel spiked wheel inside; three rings on the band ends, attached to a circular button on one side and a buckle on the other; wide leather boot straps attach to the buckles and buttons; semi-circular stuffed leather pouches hang from the straps.
Gallery Label:
These spurs belonged to Major General Phillip Schuyler (1733-1804) during the Revolutionary War. He was the great-great-grandfather of the donor.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louis Phillippe de Luze
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
