Context (Related Documents)
The old display board reads (in pencil): 'A.R. 1908.161. 16th century. An archer's ivory wristguard. Italian. *Mrs Walter K. Foster' on the front. At the back is glued a small label which reads: 'AR.1908.161. Archers wrist-guard (ivory). Mrs Walter L. Foster.'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Display)
Object previously mounted with metal pins on plain paper-wrapped display board. Original board stored with object.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
Label glued to the object reads: 'A.1908.306. (A.R.161). Medieval wrist-bow [word erased] (used by archers). Mrs W. K. Fo[ster - label torn]'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Acquisition Details)
This object was originally as 1908.306 but the entry was later crossed out in the Accession register and the object re-entered as 1908.599.
Event Date 1908
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Accession register for 1908.599: 'An archer's wrist guard of ivory: convex shield-shaped with double lateral perforations for attachment, the face bearing an incised renaissance design picked out in black.'
Event Date 1908
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Lucie Carreau