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Burgonet: HEN.M.84-1933

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Entities

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Description

Burgonet, for light field use. Formed of a skull, a pivoted visor, a pair of hinged cheek-pieces and a neck-defence of one lame. The skull, which is boxed in four vertical panels, rises at its apex to a pointed acorn-shaped finial. The broad, slightly downturned peak has short, slender arms and projects forward to an obtuse central point. The cheek-pieces are of square form. Each is pierced at its centre with five small, circular ventilation-holes in rosette formation. The lower edge of the neck-defence descends to an obtuse central point where it is pierced with a later pair of suspension-holes. The main edges of the helmet have file-roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders.

Notes

History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.

Legal notes

J.S. Henderson Bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 31.5 cm
Height: 26 cm
Weight: 1.51 kg
Width: 25.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart

Dating

16th Century, Mid#
Circa 1550 CE - 1560 CE

Note

South German

The cheek-pieces and possibly also the neck-defence are associated with the skull, and have been cut and reworked to fit it.

The helmet is bright with a variable light to medium patination overall.

Components of the work

Borders
Cheek-pieces
Decoration
Parts

Materials used in production

Steel

Techniques used in production

Hammered : Formed of a skull, a pivoted visor, a pair of hinged cheek-pieces and a neck-defence of one lame; hammered, shaped, riveted, with pierced ventilation-holes, decorated with recessed borders and file-roping
Patinating
Formed

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: green tag numbered '316'

  • Text: 316
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: HEN.M.84-1933
Primary reference Number: 18509
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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