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Vambrace: HEN.M.138-1933

Object information

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Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Vambrace, for the right arm, for field use. Formed of a tubular turner, a tubular upper cannon, a winged couter of three lames, and a tubular lower cannon. The turner is closed by an overlapped and riveted join at the inside of the arm where it is fitted with a modern leather loop. At the outside, it is articulated twice along concave lines. The top section of the turner is missing. Its lower edge is bordered by a file-roped rib, the hollowed underside of which locks over the outward-flanged upper edge of the upper cannon. The upper cannon has an overlapped and riveted join at the rear. The couter is formed of three lames that overlap outwards from the second which is shaped to the point of the elbow and furnished with a centrally-puckered oval wing at the front. The lower edge of the second lame is repaired with a riveted internal patch. The tapering lower cannon is formed of an inner and an outer plate: the former fitting within the latter. The two plates are connected to one another at the rear by an internal hinge, and were formerly fastened at the front by a stud and a circular hole. The stud has been replaced by a rivet that now prevents the lower cannon from being opened. The lower edge of the lower cannon and the wing of the couter have file-roped inward turns. The upper and lower cannons have plain inward turns at the inside of the elbow. The upper edge of the turner has a plain partial inward turn. The vambrace is decorated with raised bright bands and borders against a blackened ground in the 'black and white' fashion. Probably part of the same composite armour as HEN.M.139-1933, HEN.M.144-1933 and HEN.M.145-1933.

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: 17.3 cm
Height: 39.5 cm
Weight: 1.01 kg
Width: 12.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

16th Century, Mid#
Production date: circa AD 1560

Note

South German

The bright bands show a medium patination. The intervening blackened areas have been refreshed with black paint.

Components of the work

Decoration composed of paint ( black)
Bands And Borders
Ground
Parts

Materials used in production

Steel

Techniques used in production

Hammered : Formed of a tubular turner, a tubular upper cannon, a winged couter of three lames, and a tubular lower cannon; hammered, shaped, riveted, with file-roped decoration, and raised bands and borders against a blackened ground in the 'black and white' fashion
Formed

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: PB/39
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: HEN.M.138-1933
Primary reference Number: 18623
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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