Production: Unknown
Gauntlet, for the right hand, of fingered form, for field use. Formed of a fairly short, flared, tubular cuff, a wrist-plate, five metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate, four scaled finger-defences and a scaled thumb-defence. The cuff is formed of an obtusely-pointed, medially-ridged outer plate and a considerably shorter inner plate. The latter is riveted within the former. The lower end of the knuckle-plate is shaped between the fingers. Attached by a leather hinge to the front end of the fifth metacarpal-plate is a thumb-defence formed of a medially-ridged, lozenge-shaped main plate four further scales, matching the finger-scales. The rounded ends of the final finger and thumb-scales are decorated with incised chevrons representing fingernails. The main edges of the cuff are decorated with plain inward turns.
The gauntlet has a 'black from the hammer' finish which has been polished away around the upper border of the cuff and in a medial band extending down the cuff to the bottom of the fifth metacarpal-plate, probably to make it match a black and white armour with which it was later associated. Probably part of the same composite armour as HEN.M.138-1933, HEN.M.139-1933 and HEN.M.144-1933.
History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Depth: 14.6 cm
Height: 34.5 cm
Weight: 0.6 kg
Width: 15.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart
17th Century, Early#
Circa
1610
CE
-
1620
CE
South German
The bright bands show a medium to heavy patination. The intervening blackened areas have been refreshed with black paint.
Decoration
composed of
paint
( black)
Hinge
composed of
leather
Bright Bands
Cuff, Outer Plate
Parts
Thumb-defence
Hammered
: Formed of a fairly short, flared, tubular cuff, a wrist-plate, five metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate, four scaled finger-defences and a scaled thumb-defence; hammered, shaped, riveted, with incised decoration on a bright and blackened ground in the 'black and white' fashion
Formed
Accession number: HEN.M.145-1933
Primary reference Number: 18644
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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