Production: Unknown
Pauldron, for the left shoulder, for field use, composed of elements of a similar period and fashion. Formed of eight medially-ridged lames that overlap outwards from the third which is shaped to the point of the shoulder. The first to fifth lames extend inwards over the chest in a strongly concave curve. The first to third lames extend inwards over the back. The third lame is expanded downward to the level of the bottom of the fourth lame at the rear. The expanded portion has a strongly rounded lower inner corner and is flanged at its outer edge where it overlaps the lame beneath it. The front ends of the first and fourth lames are broken away. The lames are connected to one another by modern brass-capped, round-headed sliding-rivets with octagonal internal washers at their rear ends, and by modern internal leathers at their front ends and centres. A further leather at one time connected the first to fourth lames to one another a short distance behind the central leather. The edges of the pauldron retain extensive fragments of a modern leather lining-band. The first lame is pierced with a large hole at its apex to permit its suspension from a hinged stud issuing from the side of the collar. A modern strap and a modern single-ended, tongued iron buckle to fasten the pauldron around the upper arm are respectively riveted within the rear and front ends of the eighth lame. The main edges of the pauldron have file-roped inward turns, except at the fronts of the second to eight lames and the rears of the fourth to eighth lames where they have plain inward partial turns. Part of the composite armour HEN.M.20A-H-1933.
History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Depth: 19.7 cm
Height: 35.5 cm
Weight: 1.3 kg
Width: 28.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart
16th Century, Late
Circa
1570
CE
-
1600
CE
As the turn at the upper edges of the pauldron is of an earlier character than that occurring at the lower edge of the pauldron, it would appear that the pauldron is composite. Discontinuities in the alignment of the medial ridges between the third and fourth and the fifth and sixth lames, discontinuities in the alignment of the sliding-rivets between the seventh and eighth lames, discontinuities in the alignment of the leathering-rivets between the second and third and the third and fourth lames, and discontinuities in the character of the partial turns occurring between the sixth and seventh lames suggest that the pauldron is highly composite and that its edges have in part been reworked.
South German
The pauldron is bright with a mottled light to medium patination overall.
Lining-band
composed of
leather
( fragments, modern)
Rivet Caps
composed of
brass (alloy)
( modern)
Internal Leathers
composed of
leather
( modern)
Buckle
composed of
iron (metal)
Lames
Parts
Hammering
: Formed of eight medially-ridged lames that overlap outwards from the third which is shaped to the point of the shoulder; hammered, shaped, riveted
Forming
Inscription present: tag with number
Accession number: HEN.M.20E-1933
Primary reference Number: 18056
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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