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Burgonet: HEN.M.83-1933

Object information

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Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Burgonet, for light field use, decorated with bands amid borders in the 'black and white' fashion. Formed of a rounded one-piece skull with a high roped comb and an integral peak, a pair of hinged cheek-pieces, and a neck-defence of four upward-overlapping lames. The slightly downturned, medially-ridged peak projects forward to an obtuse central point. Each cheek-piece is pierced with five small ventilation-holes within a circular central boss. The lower edge of the cheek-piece is flanged outwards to serve as a continuation of the neck-defence. Like the neck-defence, the flange of the cheek-piece is unusually deep. The main edges of the burgonet, except for those at the front of each cheek-piece, have file-roped inward turns. The burgonet is decorated with recessed bands and borders in the 'black and white' fashion. The intervening spaces were originally black from the hammer, but have since been polished bright.

Notes

History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.

Legal notes

J.S. Henderson Bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 32.0 cm
Height: 32.7 cm
Weight: 1.7 kg
Width: 28.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Nuremburg

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart

Dating

16th Century
Production date: circa AD 1580

Note

German, Nuremberg

The cheek-pieces and the neck-defence are inaccurate modern restorations. The neck-defence is formed of old pieces of armour that have been cut and reworked to their present form.

The helmet is bright with a medium patination overall.

Components of the work

Bands
Borders
Cheek-pieces
Decoration
Parts
Peak

Materials used in production

Steel

Techniques used in production

Hammered : Formed of a rounded one-piece skull with a high roped comb and an integral peak, a pair of hinged cheek-pieces, and a neck-defence of four upward-overlapping lames; hammered, shaped, riveted, with pierced ventilation-holes, and decorated with recessed bands and borders in the 'black and white' fashion, with file-roping
Patinating
Formed

Identification numbers

Accession number: HEN.M.83-1933
Primary reference Number: 18507
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 28 February 2017 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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