IDENTIFIERS
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id:	18039
accession number:	HEN.M.19G-1933

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 29 April 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Pair of gauntlets, of fingered form, for field use. Each formed of a medially-ridged, flared tubular cuff, four upward-overlapping metacarpal-plates, a shaped knuckle-plate, four scaled  finger-defences, and a hinged, scaled thumb-defence.  The cuff is closed by a riveted and overlapped join at the inside of the wrist.  Its upper edge rises to an obtuse central point at the outside, and has a file-roped inward turn accompanied by a recessed border.  The point of the right gauntlet is broken and has lost a riveted patch.  The curved upper edge of the metacarpal plates are decorated with pairs of incised lines.  The lower edges of the downward-overlapping finger-scales are decorated with V-shaped nicks at their centres, except for the terminal scales which have rounded ends and are embossed with fingernails.  Attached to the front end of the last metacarpal-plate by an external iron hinge is a thumb-defence formed of a medially-ridged, lozenge-shaped main plate and four scales matching those of the finger defences.  The finger and thumb-defences are shown by their different internal and external colour to be modern restorations. Part of the composite three-quarter armour HEN.M.19A-G-1933.
title:	gauntlets

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Mr James Stewart Henderson of  'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	J.S. Henderson
creditline: J.S. Henderson Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18039





TECHNIQUES
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each formed of a medially-ridged, flared tubular cuff, four upward-overlapping metacarpal-plates, a shaped knuckle-plate, four scaled finger-defences, and a hinged, scaled thumb-defence; hammered, shaped, riveted, decorated with file roping, recessed borders, V-shaped nicks, and  incised lines
hammering
TECHNIQUES
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patinating
TECHNIQUES
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forming

CATEGORIES
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category: armour

DATING
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creation date:	1590 - 1600
creation date earliest:	1590
creation date latest:	1600
culture:	16th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown