IDENTIFIERS
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id:	18453
accession number:	HEN.M.74-1933

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 11 January 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Close helmet, for use by a cuirassier, with later painted decoration. Formed of a skull with an integral neck-defence, a pivoted peak with a separate face-defence, and a bevor with an integral neck-defence, attached to the skull by the same pivots as the peak.  The rounded skull is formed in two halves joined by a turn to the right along a low medial comb.  The slightly downturned, medially-ridged peak projects forward to an acute central point which shows slight damage.  Riveted within the brow of the peak is a medially-ridged, U-shaped face-defence which is cut with a pair of large eye-openings of inverted tear-drop shape, and a small lozenge-shaped ventilation-hole at the mouth.  The face-defence is secured to the bevor at the right side of the chin by a swivel-hook and pierced stud.  The main edges of the helmet have plain inward turns accompanied by recessed borders.
The helmet is painted overall with a continuous pattern of scrolling gold foliage on a blackened ground.  The painting was applied to the helmet subsequent to manufacture, possibly for pageant use.
title:	close helmet

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/18453





TECHNIQUES
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formed of a skull with an integral neck-defence, a pivoted peak with a separate face-defence, and a bevor with an integral neck-defence, attached to the skull by the same pivots as the peak; hammered, shaped, riveted, with recessed borders, decorated with paint on a blackened ground
hammered
TECHNIQUES
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formed

CATEGORIES
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category: armour

DATING
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creation date:	1620 - 1620
creation date earliest:	1620
creation date latest:	1620
culture:	17th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 30.9

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 27.3

dimension: Weight
units: kg
value: 1.83

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 24.2