Composite half armour consisting of a burgonet, a collar, breastplate with skirt, backplate, pauldron for the right shoulder, pauldron for the left shoulder, vambrace for the right arm, vambrace for the left arm, gauntlet for the right hand, and a gauntlet for the left hand. All pieces with etched decoration.
History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart
16th Century
19th Century
Circa
1560
CE
-
1630
CE
Circa
1800
CE
-
1900
CE
North Italian and Southern German
Parts
Accession number: HEN.M.12A-J-1933
Primary reference Number: 17824
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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