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Finial and cross *

Published June 18, 2024 / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a Comment

What: An Ethiopian Orthodox cross – possibly taken from the top of a church

Where: The National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 4HT

The database entry describes a “staff finial, 13 Apr 1868; owned by Sir Charles Fraser; openwork flat brass Abyssinian Coptic cross with pointed arms and domed, cross pieces, with smaller crosses placed at angles, impressed designs and crescent emerging from socket; associated with Abyssinia (1868).”

Detail
Crafts 1965-04-44

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A pair of spurs *

Published June 18, 2024 / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a Comment

What: A pair of spurs “owned by Sir Charles Fraser and acquired by him in Abyssinia during the Abyssinian campaign, 1868”

Where: The National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 4HT

The catalogue entry describes a “pair of spurs, 1868 (c); wrought iron ten pointed rowel mounted in a double bracket which attaches to a heel grip; the outside of the grips and the rowel mount are decorated with small swags and dots; owned by Sir Charles Fraser and acquired by him in Abyssinia during the Abyssinian campaign, 1868.

Museum accession number
Horse Furniture 1965-04-45-

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