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Breastplate (body armour): HEN.M.7A-C-1933

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Description

Breastplate, backplate and a pair of tassets. North Italian. For field use, with etched decoration.

Notes

History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs 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

16th Century
Production date: circa AD 1580 : all c. 1580, etched decoration on tassets 19th century

Note

North Italian

Components of the work

Parts

Materials used in production

Steel

Techniques used in production

Forming
Hammering

Identification numbers

Accession number: HEN.M.7A-C-1933
Primary reference Number: 17746

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 7 January 2016

Associated departments & institutions

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

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