IDENTIFIERS
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id:	17946
accession number:	HEN.M.15A-1933

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 8 January 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Close helmet, for use by a cuirassier. The close helmet is formed of a skull with a peak, an upper bevor and a bevor attached to it by common pivots, and two gorget-plates front and rear.  The rounded skull rises to a low medial ridge which is file-roped along its crest and pierced to either side with later small holes of uncertain function.  Attached by a pair of round-headed rivets at the nape is a tapering tubular plume-holder with integral arms.  The pivoted peak projects forward to a rounded central point.  Its front edge is cracked at four points.  The medially-ridged upper bevor is cut at its upper edge with a centrally-divided, shallow, rectangular notch forming a vision-slit, and pierced with two rows of twelve vertical ventilation-slots.  The medially-ridged bevor is shaped to the chin and is cut with a U-shaped face-opening.  The upper bevor is secured to the bevor, and the bevor is secured to the skull by swivel-hooks riveted at the right side of the helmet. Part of the composite three-quarter armour HEN.M.15A-F-1933.
title:	close helmet

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Mr James Stewart Henderson of  'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	J.S. Henderson
creditline: J.S. Henderson Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17946





TECHNIQUES
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formed of a skull with a peak, an upper bevor and a bevor attached to it by common pivots, and two gorget-plates front and rear; hammered, shaped, riveted, medially-ridged, with file-roping, incised lines, filed nicks, cusps and ogees and pierced decoration
hammering
TECHNIQUES
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forming

CATEGORIES
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category: armour

DATING
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creation date:	1620 - 1620
creation date earliest:	1620
creation date latest:	1620
culture:	17th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 26.0

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 27.7

dimension: Weight
units: kg
value: 2.26

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 26.0