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Composite armour: HEN.M.9A-K-1933

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Description

Composite armour consisting of a close helmet, a collar, a breastplate with skirt, backplate, two long tassets, pauldrons for the right and left shoulder, vambraces for the right and left arm, a pair of gauntlets and a pair of leg harnesses. Mainly South German or North Italian.

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
Production date: after AD 1550 : mainly 16th century, except one gauntlet of c.1610 and the pair of leg harnesses, late 19th/early 20th century in the 16th century style

Components of the work

Parts

Materials used in production

Steel

Techniques used in production

Forming
Hammering

Identification numbers

Accession number: HEN.M.9A-K-1933
Primary reference Number: 17762
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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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