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Armour (protective wear): HEN.M.19A-G-1933

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Armour consisting of a close helmet, an 'Almain' collar, a cuirass, a pair of tassets with poleyns, a skirt of a backplate and a pair of pauldrons and vambraces.

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

17th Century#
Circa 1610 CE - 1680 CE

Components of the work

Parts

Materials used in production

Steel

Techniques used in production

Forming
Hammering

Identification numbers

Accession number: HEN.M.19A-G-1933
Primary reference Number: 18021
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Audit data

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

Associated departments & institutions

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

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