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Production:
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Description
Pair of tassets, for infantry use. Each formed of five upward-overlapping lames of which the fifth is considerably longer than the rest and extends to just above the level of the knees. The convex lower edge of the fifth lame has a bold, file-roped inward turn accompanied by a recessed border. The lateral edges of the tassets are each decorated with a raised border. The inner end of the first lame projects beyond those of the remaining lames. The upper edge of the first lame is furnished with a pair of double-ended, tongued, iron suspension buckles. The lames are connected to one another by round-headed sliding rivets at their outer ends, and by internal leathers at their inner ends and centres. The leathers of the left tasset have severed at some points. Together with the breastplate HEN.M.110-1933
Notes
History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Down 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
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
1900
CE
Note
Redundant slots for sliding-rivets in the second and third lames of the left tasset suggest that they and possibly some of the other lames are reworked from old pieces of armour.
The tassets are bright with an artificially induced light to medium patination overall.
Components of the work
Suspension Buckles
composed of
iron (metal)
Internal Leathers
composed of
leather
Right Tasset
Depth 7.4 cm
Height 33.2 cm
Weight 0.77 kg
Width 22.9 cm
Left Tasset
Depth 7.9 cm
Height 32.5 cm
Weight 0.77 kg
Width 22.9 cm
Fifth Lame Border
Fifth Lame
Parts
Materials used in production
Steel
Techniques used in production
Hammered
: Each formed of five upward-overlapping lames of which the fifth is considerably longer than the rest and extends to just above the level of the knees; hammered, shaped, riveted, with a file-roped decoration acompanied by a recessed border on the fifth lame
Formed
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: one, two, three and four dots respectively
- Location: First to fourth lames of each tasset
- Method of creation: Struck
- Type: Mark
- Text: 16
- Location: Right tasset
- Type: Label
- Text: PB/4
- Location: Left tasset
- Type: Label
Identification numbers
Accession number: HEN.M.151-1933
Primary reference Number: 18653
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Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
