The ducal hat of the Duchy of Styria is jagged crown made out of gilded silver. It was probably produced in the 15th century. In 1766, it was refashioned with pearls and enameled. It was kept in Vienna until 1790, when the Styrian Estates asked it to be returned. In the 19th century, it was refitted again. The ducal hat is about 20,5 cm high, and has a diameter of 20 cm. It is kept today at the Landesmuseum Joanneum (Joanneum Museum) in Graz, Styria. Styria was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806, and a crownland of Austria-Hungary until it dissolved in 1918. ... Crown names several entities associated with monarchy: A crown (headgear), the headgear worn by a monarch. ... Gilding is the art of spreading gold, either by mechanical or by chemical means, over the surface of a body for the purpose of ornament. ... General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series Transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Density, Hardness 10490 kg/m3, 2. ... Events January 1 - Great Britain as King Charles III and figurehead for Jacobitism. ... For other things called pearl, see pearl (disambiguation). ... The word enamel can mean more than one thing: Tooth enamel Vitreous enamel Enamel (markup language) Enameled wire This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article is about the city and federal state in Austria. ... 1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Estate may have a number of meanings: Estate is a term used in common law to signify the total of a persons property, entitlements and obligations. ... CM or cm may stand for: Cameroon (ISO country code) centimetre (cm) Championship Manager - an association football computer game circular mil - a USA unit for the cross-sectional area of electrical wires (always CM, in capitals) Computer Modern - the standard font set that ships with the TeX computer typesetting system... For the geometric term, see diameter. ... Graz [graːts] (Slovenian: Gradec), with a population of 305,000 (council census 2000) is the second-largest city in Austria and the capital of the province of Styria (Steiermark in German). ... Styria (Steiermark in German, Štajerska in Slovenian) can refer to: Styria - a federal state of Austria Styria - an informal province in Slovenia Styria - a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire and crownland of Austria-Hungary This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise...

The ducal hat is also featured on the coat of arms of the state of Styria. A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...

Further Information

Publication: see

– Feierliche Übertragung des steierm. Herzoghutes, Gr. Ztg. 11. und 15. Juni 1750, Anh.

– Krauß, Ferd. Der steir. Herzogshut, Tagespost 1894, Nr. 346, p. 8.

– Joanneum-Festschrift 1911, p. 317.

– Bildführer des Kunstgew. Museums 1958.

– Smola, G. Sacrale und prof. Goldschmiedekunst aus der Steiermark. Alte und Mod. Kunst Nr. 49/1961, p. 6 and 11.

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