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brass rubbings

 Subject
Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing
Scope Note: Rubbings made from monumental, memorial brass plaques found in churches; created by using ink, colored wax, or another material to transfer an image on paper. Creating and collecting brass rubbings was a popular hobby in Britain from 17th-19th centuries, although the term may refer to any rubbing made from a brass plaque in any time period or culture

Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:

Unknown person of unknown date, 1975

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115765], Folder: 01, Object: 14
Identifier: MSS010:04.01.14
Scope and Contents

Unknown person of unknown date. Helm with tower and tree. Black on red paper. Location at Gouda, S. Holland, Netherlands. 30”W x 26”L

Dates: 1975

Unknown person of unknown date, 1975

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115765], Folder: 01, Object: 15
Identifier: MSS010:04.01.15
Scope and Contents

Unknown person of unknown date. Helm with tower and tree. Black on white paper. Location at Gouda, S. Holland, Netherlands. 30”W x 26”L

Dates: 1975

Unknown person of unknown date, 1975

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115765], Folder: 01, Object: 16
Identifier: MSS010:04.01.16
Scope and Contents

Unknown person of unknown date. Three shields from Hoogstraten. Black on gold paper. Located at Hoogstraten, Belgium. 30”W x 9”L

Dates: 1975

Unknown person of unknown date, 1975

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115765], Folder: 01, Object: 17
Identifier: MSS010:04.01.17
Scope and Contents

Unknown person of unknown date. Four shields from Hoogstraten. Black on white paper. Located at Hoogstraten, Belgium. 29.5”W x 10.5”L

Dates: 1975

Unknown person of unknown date, 1975

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115765], Folder: 01, Object: 18
Identifier: MSS010:04.01.18
Scope and Contents

Unknown person of unknown date. Rubbing with a helm and numerous coats of arms. Possibly Dutch or Belgian. Gold on black paper. Bottom middle section of paper cut off. Location unknown. 45”W x 28”L

Dates: 1975

Unknown person of unknown date, 1975

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115765], Folder: 01, Object: 20
Identifier: MSS010:04.01.20
Scope and Contents

Unknown person of unknown date. Shield featuring a man’s head crowned with thorns. Possibly against a cloth shroud. Gold on black paper. Location unknown. 5.5”W x 8”L

Dates: 1975

Unknown person of unknown date, 1975

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115765], Folder: 01, Object: 21
Identifier: MSS010:04.01.21
Scope and Contents

Unknown person of unknown date. Shield with a geometric pattern of five squares across each diagonal. Gold on black paper. Location unknown. 5.5”W x 8”L

Dates: 1975

Unknown person of unknown date, 1975

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115765], Folder: 01, Object: 22
Identifier: MSS010:04.01.22
Scope and Contents

Unknown person of unknown date. Shield with three square crosses. Gold on black paper. Location unknown. 5.5”W x 7.5”L

Dates: 1975

Unknown person of unknown date, 1975

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115765], Folder: 01, Object: 23
Identifier: MSS010:04.01.23
Scope and Contents

Unknown person of unknown date. Shield with two horizontal zigzag lines over a crosshatched background. Gold on black paper. Location unknown. 5.5”W x 8.5”L

Dates: 1975

Unknown person of unknown date, 1975

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115765], Folder: 01, Object: 24
Identifier: MSS010:04.01.24
Scope and Contents

Unknown person of unknown date. Shield bearing an incomplete ship’s wheel. Gold on black paper. Location unknown. 5.5”W x 7.5”L

Dates: 1975