15929702410001312637261000Standard Recordobject-17758170197593463414521854540001701975718973fitz-onlineadlib-object-17758https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17758475007c4-6b1b-3853-b323-d183614ce9384personreferenceagent-152758adlib-agent-1527582a3f1d0d-ebaf-3e43-b8d9-692b967d74b1figurespersonreferenceagent-153852adlib-agent-153852460ff016-6a49-3ef4-b6ac-962da6d998a0cherubsreferenceterm-106608adlib-term-10660885afe28f-82f6-3c45-843f-9fa087e98260armourreferenceterm-108941adlib-term-108941bda2218a-91c2-3b79-99c1-49e47cc3aff1J.S. Hendersonmodernreferenceterm-37424adlib-term-374243a890bca-aa0e-3843-a2b9-703f4443354ciron (metal)Bucklesmodernreferenceterm-40902adlib-term-40902ec39a220-e629-3548-92f0-14937d5d3167leatherStrapsDepthcm16.0Heightcm42.5Weightkg2.63Widthcm35.2BreastplateDepthcm7.0Heightcm27.8Weightkg0.54Widthcm22.5Right TassetDepthcm8.0Heightcm27.0Weightkg0.55Widthcm23.5Left TassetDecorationstippled ground and some guillochereferenceterm-99807adlib-term-998076a23afb4-3d15-3ece-a1f8-29cd185df9caetchingreferenceterm-120111adlib-term-1201116d833d92-6a99-38e0-8468-4b26f35b735efile-ropingPartsreferenceterm-27414adlib-term-274140f64a11c-42b0-3e78-b1cc-6e7f81d59006rivetingreferenceterm-107517adlib-term-107517e1832c7b-46a7-3244-9e64-bc63598145d5classical figuresApplied ArtsBreastplate with restored skirt and tassets, for field use, with etched decoration. The breastplate, of late 'peascod' form, is made in one piece, with file-roped inward turns at its neck and arm-openings, and a flange at the waist to receive the skirt. A modern single-ended, tongued iron buckle is riveted at each shoulder just below the original holes for their attachment, which are now vacant. The skirt, which is attached to the waist-flange of the breastplate by a rivet at either side, is formed of one lame. Its lower edge is cut with a shallow arch over the crotch. Attached by three modern straps and buckles at each side of the skirt is a tasset formed of five medially-ridge, upward overlapping lames. The lower end of the tasset is strongly convex. The second lame of the right tasset is cracked at its inner end, and the first lame of the left tasset lacks its upper inner corner. The lames are connected to one another by rivets at their outer ends and by internal leathers at their centres and inner ends. The connecting rivets of the right tasset move within slots. The main edges of the skirt and tassets are decorated with file-roped inward turns. Those of the tassets are accompanied by recessed borders and, in the case of their last lames, file-roped ribs. The secondary edges of the skirt and tassets are decorated with file-roped partial inward turns.
The breastplate, skirt and tassets are all decorated with etched bands and borders of trophies on a stippled ground. The main bands of the breastplate include cartouches containing classical figures, cherubs, sea horses and dolphins. The main bands are in all cases bordered by narrower bands, in some cases decorated with guilloche. Part of the composite half armour HEN.M.8A-F-1933HEN.M.8B-19331accession numberHEN.M.8B-193317758priref17758urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17758https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17758breastplatePB/6labeltassetsPB.9labelfiled internally with V-shaped nicks representing construction markslames of the right tassetfiledmarkreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumJ.S. Henderson Bequestreferenceagent-154334adlib-agent-15433428c0c8e2-3ec7-3d3a-9e13-b60fa3a6b434Henderson, James Stewart193319331933-03-16bequeathedEntry date: 1933-03-16159015901590circa159016001160016001600referenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownNorth ItalianThe breastplate, skirt and tassets are bright with a variable medium to heavy patination overall.The etched decoration of the breastplate is partly refreshed, but otherwise very worn. That of the skirt and tassets is entirely modern. The skirt is a modern restoration. The tassets have been made up in modern times from old lames that have been partly reworked to make them match. Differences in construction and detail show that the tassets did not originally form a pair. The character of the roping of the last lame of the left tasset suggests that it was made about 1560.referenceterm-108566adlib-term-10856693936d51-7b77-3d13-bd0b-f7bca9ef526916th Century-17th Century#referenceterm-40136adlib-term-4013628e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5steelreferenceterm-77604adlib-term-776040579b348-97ab-388c-ba51-27c35d51bf4ebreastplate (body armour)referenceterm-75825adlib-term-7582587dc74d5-090f-3b7a-a54d-245e13041cb8skirtreferenceterm-77596adlib-term-77596c79ebeb6-2fa4-387d-ad94-be29d9d8a6e0tassetsbreastplate with restored skirt and tassetshistory noteMr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex1referenceobject-17755adlib-object-177552863450e-17a9-3677-a1d8-829375c978041reference1term-108938adlib-term-10893812ec55ea-433c-3652-9125-5295b383a0cfcollarcollar1referenceobject-17759adlib-object-17759f376a434-a9c7-36af-87b1-4e5807f33ba01reference1term-77602adlib-term-776022abc88dc-70de-3d3b-8878-e140ec17e353backplate (body armour)backplate (body armour)1referenceobject-17760adlib-object-1776086afff30-3df3-3a67-bf88-74b91fc584db1reference1term-77880adlib-term-7788045f5a65d-d835-3cb8-89bd-26fce9f7cfa9pauldronspauldrons1referenceobject-17761adlib-object-17761b11b5969-c202-3b39-be7e-abbd32759d551reference1term-77844adlib-term-778445433da37-709e-390d-aad8-1f58d4a8fa6ecuissescuisses1referenceobject-17764adlib-object-177642089a1ab-1cf7-3e21-81b5-c7ef05eb241b1reference1term-75201adlib-term-75201c80ea647-248a-3086-b36c-986c2a086166vambracevambracereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumanimalreferenceterm-63439adlib-term-63439e942662c-9210-38a7-b352-114950960369dolphinsanimalreferenceterm-58346adlib-term-5834636a43f82-c62a-350b-b02c-bc5f4e6544afsealiteraldolphinsdolphinsliteralseaseareferenceterm-77604adlib-term-776040579b348-97ab-388c-ba51-27c35d51bf4ebreastplate (body armour)breastplate (body armour)the breastplate, of late peascod form, is made in one piece, with file-roped inward turns at its neck and arm-openings, and a flange at the waist to receive the skirt, which is formed of one lame; hammered, shaped, riveted with etched decorationreferenceterm-28779adlib-term-287799ded0180-afed-3209-bd56-ea3a2c252893hammeringreferenceterm-120073adlib-term-1200738f03d319-c397-37c8-a0e8-e23ef3cfdbbcpatinatingreferenceterm-25884adlib-term-2588486bb7058-7ded-3d65-8de1-80ad064ebbeeformingobject
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