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| Keywords: French - Morse with Apostles and Heraldic Shields - Walters 5349 - Back.jpg This morse or clasp was once sewn onto a bishop's cope ceremonial robe The two heraldic shields added later represent the arms of Léon and Castile left and England right These shields suggest that the clasp was adapted for use on a luxurious cape worn by either Eleanor of Castile d 1290 or her husband King Edward I of England d 1307 middle Other date century 13 Medieval champlevé enamel on gilded copper with semiprecious stones cm 11 5 17 2 accession number 53 49 726 Frédéric Spitzer Paris by purchase Sale Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim April 17 1893 no 276 Caspar Bourgeois and Stephen Bourgeois Cologne Bourgeois Sale Cologne October 19 1904 no 395 Henri Daguerre Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 A Medieval Treasury from Southern Collections Ackland Art Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill 1961 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Spitzer Collection | ||||
