1957.4.32.2

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Details

ID Number

1957.4.32.2

Category

Personal Artifacts

Sub-category

adornment

Item Name

gorget

Maker

Cruickshank , Robert

Date

1779 - 1809

Materials

METAL, SILVER

Measurements

overall: 4.4 cm x 15.2 cm

Description

silver, cresent shaped, ridged edges; 2 suspension hole on either end; engraved, geometric floral design; somewhat cracked and dented; Leighton-Macdonald;

History

A silver gorget from the Leighton-Macdonald Collection made by Robert Cruikshank. Robert Cruickshank was a popular silversmith in the 18th and 19th cenuries whose shop was in Montreal.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Costume / Costumes subject

Cruickshank, Robert person

Indians / Indiens subject

Jewellery / Bijoux subject

Montreal (Que.) place

Natives subject

Trade subject

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