Poleyn

Object type

Arms and Armour

Date

Production (possible): c. 1500

Subject(s)

Arms and Armour
Knights Hospitaller

Dimensions

Height x width: 195 x 125mm
Weight: 8oz

Materials and technique

Gilded steel and gold

Production place

Italy

Related place(s)

Rhodes

References

Eaves, Ian, Walter J. Karcheski Jr., and Thom Richardson. Armour from Rhodes in the Museum of the Order of St John, Clerkenwell. London: Museum of the Order of St John, 1985.

Karcheski Jr., Walter J., and Thom Richardson. The Medieval Armour from Rhodes. Leeds: Royal Armouries and Higgins Armory Museum, 2000.
Pages 130–131, 141 and 149

Foakes, Tom, ed. Treasures: Faith, Care, Valour: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum of the Order of St John. Priory of England and the Islands of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, 2019.
Page 175

Credit line

Gift of J. Foster-Smith, 1945

Catalogue number

2617