Ornamental Plaque of a Knight on Horseback
Unknown
ca. 1300 · Copper alloy, gold · Arms and Armor
The original use of this plaque is unknown; it may have decorated a tomb or perhaps an elaborate piece of furniture. It provides an excellent picture of a fully armored knight of the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1300
- Medium
- Copper alloy, gold
- Culture
- Western European, possibly British
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929
