Production: Unknown (Style of)
Besague, for field use. Formed of a circular plate rising to a prominent conical boss at its centre, and decorated around its edge with a file-roped inward turn accompanied by a recessed border containing nine round-headed lining-rivets. The central boss is surrounded by three round-headed rivets with circular internal washers that retain an internal, leather suspension-tab. Rust-perforations adjacent to the rivets have been repaired with riveted internal patches.
History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Diameter: 13.7 cm
Height: 3 cm
Weight: 0.1 kg
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart
19th Century-20th Century#
Circa
1800
CE
-
1933
CE
The besague is bright with artificially-induced, patchy medium patination overall.
Suspension-tab
composed of
leather
Decoration
Parts
Hammered
: Formed of a circular plate rising to a prominent conical boss at its centre, and decorated around its edge with a file-roped inward turn accompanied by a recessed border containing nine round-headed lining-rivets; hammered, shaped, riveted, with file-roped decoration
Patinating
Formed
Accession number: HEN.M.132-1933
Primary reference Number: 18614
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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