Gauntlet, for duelling, of fingered form, for the right hand. Formed of a moderately long, tubular cuff, three downward-overlapping wrist-plates, five upward-overlapping metacarpal plates, a shaped knuckle-plate, four scaled finger-defences and a hinged, scaled thumb-defence. The cuff is closed at the inside by an overlapped and riveted join. Its straight upper edge has a plain inward turn bordered by small stitching-holes. The inside of the cuff is crudely pierced with a large suspension-hole. The cuff, the wrist-plates and the metacarpal-plates are connected to one another at each side by sliding-rivets. The finger-scales overlap upwards whereas the thumb-scales overlap downwards. The knuckle-plate, the finger-defences and the thumb-defence are restored. The upper edge of the cuff is bordered by a pair of incised lines and further in with five incised lines. The lower edges of the cuff and the wrist-plates, and upper edges of the metacarpal-plates are decorated with pairs of incised lines. The wrist-plate is decorated internally with five transverse incised lines, suggesting that it has been turned inside-out.
History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Down Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Depth: 8.7 cm
Height: 30.3 cm
Weight: 0.34 kg
Width: 9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart
17th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1610
North Italian
The gauntlet has a blackened finish that is now partly rubbed and oxidised to a russet colour.
Decoration
composed of
paint
( black)
Ground
Parts
Thumb-defence
Hammered
: Formed of a moderately long, tubular cuff, three downward-overlapping wrist-plates, five upward-overlapping metacarpal plates, a shaped knuckle-plate, four scaled finger-defences and a hinged, scaled thumb-defence; hammered, shaped, riveted, with incised decoration
Formed
Accession number: HEN.M.150-1933
Primary reference Number: 18650
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: CM.3-1938
Accession Number: C.61-1927
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