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Production: Unknown
Composite armour, comprising a collar, a cuirass with skirt and long tassets, a codpiece, a pair of pauldrons and a burgonet and buffe.
History note: Mrs E.W. Stead and Mr Gilbert Stead of Dalston Hall, Cumberland.
Given by Mrs E.W. Stead and Mr Gilbert Stead
Height: 134 cm
Width: 74 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1936-01-15) by Stead, E. W. and Gilbert
16th century
Circa
1500
CE
-
1560
CE
Specifically South German, except collar, which is attributed to Western Europe
Accession number: M.1.4A-E-1936
Primary reference Number: 18152
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Composite armour" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18152 Accessed: 2023-05-31 11:19:38
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Accession Number: M.1.1A-H-1936
Accession Number: HEN.M.24A & B-1933
Accession Number: HEN.M.4A-D-1933
Accession Number: M.13-1941
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