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Tassets: HEN.M.151-1933

Object information

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Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Style of)

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Description

Pair of tassets, for infantry use. Each formed of five upward-overlapping lames of which the fifth is considerably longer than the rest and extends to just above the level of the knees. The convex lower edge of the fifth lame has a bold, file-roped inward turn accompanied by a recessed border. The lateral edges of the tassets are each decorated with a raised border. The inner end of the first lame projects beyond those of the remaining lames. The upper edge of the first lame is furnished with a pair of double-ended, tongued, iron suspension buckles. The lames are connected to one another by round-headed sliding rivets at their outer ends, and by internal leathers at their inner ends and centres. The leathers of the left tasset have severed at some points. Together with the breastplate HEN.M.110-1933

Notes

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

Legal notes

J.S. Henderson Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1800 CE - 1900 CE

Note

Redundant slots for sliding-rivets in the second and third lames of the left tasset suggest that they and possibly some of the other lames are reworked from old pieces of armour.

The tassets are bright with an artificially induced light to medium patination overall.

Components of the work

Suspension Buckles composed of iron (metal)
Internal Leathers composed of leather
Right Tasset Depth 7.4 cm Height 33.2 cm Weight 0.77 kg Width 22.9 cm
Left Tasset Depth 7.9 cm Height 32.5 cm Weight 0.77 kg Width 22.9 cm
Fifth Lame Border
Fifth Lame
Parts

Materials used in production

Steel

Techniques used in production

Hammered : Each formed of five upward-overlapping lames of which the fifth is considerably longer than the rest and extends to just above the level of the knees; hammered, shaped, riveted, with a file-roped decoration acompanied by a recessed border on the fifth lame
Formed

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: one, two, three and four dots respectively

  • Location: First to fourth lames of each tasset
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Mark
  • Text: 16
  • Location: Right tasset
  • Type: Label
  • Text: PB/4
  • Location: Left tasset
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: HEN.M.151-1933
Primary reference Number: 18653
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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