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Composite half armour: HEN.M.13A-F-1933

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Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Composite half armour consisting of a burgonet, a collar, a breastplate with associated skirt, a backplate, pair of tassets, and a pair of pauldrons and vambraces.

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
19th Century
Circa 1560 - 1580 Circa 1800 - 1900

Note

North Italy, or as in the collar, North Italian style

Components of the work

Parts

Materials used in production

Steel

Techniques used in production

Forming
Hammering

Identification numbers

Accession number: HEN.M.13A-F-1933
Primary reference Number: 17861

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 January 2016

Associated departments & institutions

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

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