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Child's Saddle with Lion Pommel

Child's Saddle with Lion Pommel

1600s
leather, tooled with wood, canvas and steel on a brass frame
Overall: 35.6 x 31.8 x 27.3 cm (14 x 12 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1846
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This child's sized saddle was said to have been used in a riding school.
  • -1916
    Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1916-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Catalogue of Arms and Armour. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900. no. 267 (297) archive.org
    Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 236, J19 archive.org
    Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. cat. no. 76, p. 166
    Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. cat. no. 73, p. 185.
  • Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
    The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"
  • {{cite web|title=Child's Saddle with Lion Pommel|url=false|author=|year=1600s|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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