IDENTIFIERS
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id:	18539
accession number:	HEN.M.91-1933

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Burgonet, of cast brass, with high-relief decoration, for display. Cast in one piece with a high medial comb, a short downturned peak, a backward-projecting neck-defence, and an arched cut-out over each ear.  The helmet is decorated in high relief with the Rape of the Sabines on the right side, the Judgement of Paris on the left side, the head of Perseus at the brow, trophies of arms on each side of the comb, and broad scrolls at the edges of the peak and neck-defence.
title:	burgonet

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/18539

PEOPLE
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Perseus

SUBJECTS
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trophies
Rape of the Sabines
Judgement of Paris
trophies
Rape of the Sabines
Judgement of Paris



TECHNIQUES
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cast in one piece with a high medial comb, a short downturned peak, a backward-projecting neck-defence, and an arched cut-out over each ear; cast, decorated in high relief
casting (process)

CATEGORIES
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category: armour

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1900
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1900
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 34.5

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 29.5

dimension: Weight
units: kg
value: 3

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 20.2