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SPURS

SPURS

Medium
Pair of spurs

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1914. (527)

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Accession Number
1617-D3

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

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