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Collar: HEN.M.8A-F-1933

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Armour, North Italian, consisting of a collar, breastplate and backplate with restored skirt, two pauldrons nearly forming a pair, and a vambrace for the left arm, and a pair of cuisses and poleyns. For field use, with etched decoration.

Notes

History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex

Legal notes

J.S. Henderson Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart

Dating

16th Century
Circa 1580 - 1610

Note

North Italian

Components of the work

Decoration
Parts

Materials used in production

Steel

Techniques used in production

Forming
Hammering

Identification numbers

Accession number: HEN.M.8A-F-1933
Primary reference Number: 17753
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 7 January 2016 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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