Steel half-armour from the armoury of the Princes Radziwill

An image of Armour/half armour. Unknown production, Germany. Half armour consisting of a burgonet, an 'Almain' collar, a cuirass, a pair of short tassets, and two pauldrons and vambraces, nearly forming a pair. Most of the armour originally had a 'black from the hammer' finish, now cleaned to a mottled bright finish with medium to heavy pitting overall. Steel, hammered, riveted. Circa 1550-1610. Notes: all within these dates apart from the pair of short tassets, which have been partly reworked and formed of 16th century plates in the 19th century. Provenance: From the armoury of the Princes Radziwill, Castle of Niescwiez, Poland.
Parts:
HEN.M.1C-1933
HEN.M.1B-1933
HEN.M.1A-1933
HEN.M.1D-1933
HEN.M.1E-1933

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Armour/half armour. Unknown production, Germany. Half armour consisting of a burgonet, an 'Almain' collar, a cuirass, a pair of short tassets, and two pauldrons and vambraces, nearly forming a pair. Most of the armour originally had a 'black from the hammer' finish, now cleaned to a mottled bright finish with medium to heavy pitting overall. Steel, hammered, riveted. Circa 1550-1610. Notes: all within these dates apart from the pair of short tassets, which have been partly reworked and formed of 16th century plates in the 19th century. Provenance: From the armoury of the Princes Radziwill, Castle of Niescwiez, Poland. Parts: HEN.M.1C-1933 HEN.M.1B-1933 HEN.M.1A-1933 HEN.M.1D-1933 HEN.M.1E-1933

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Accession Number: HEN.M.1A-E-1933
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 816 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 580.19kB
Exposure time: 1/180
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2016:09:21 14:42:34

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