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Composite armour: HEN.M.20A-H-1933

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Description

A composite armour consisting of a collar, a breastplate, two tassets and poleyns nearly forming a pair, a backplate with associated skirt, a pauldron for the left shoulder, a pauldron for the right shoulder, a gauntlet for the left hand and a gauntlet for the right hand.

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#
19th Century
Circa 1570 - 1620 Circa 1800 - 1900

Components of the work

Parts

Materials used in production

Steel

Techniques used in production

Forming
Hammering

Identification numbers

Accession number: HEN.M.20A-H-1933
Primary reference Number: 18037
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Audit data

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

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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