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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1620; Classification(s): armour, burgonet, hammered, formed of a skull with an integral neck-defence and a pair of applied reinforcing-plates, and a pair of hinged cheek-pieces that fasten together at the front, each with an integral neck-defence and a pair of applied reinforcing-plates; hammered, shaped, riveted, with incised, bevelled, and file-roped decoration; Acquisition: bequeathed by Henderson, James Stewart, 1933-03-16, J.S. Henderson Bequest [HEN.M.77-1933]
Description: Burgonet, of 'Todenkopf' form, of great weight, for seige use. Formed of a skull with an integral neck-defence and a pair of applied reinforcing-plates, and a pair of hinged cheek-pieces that fasten together at the front, each with an integral neck-defence and a pair of applied reinforcing-plates. The rounded skull is made in two halves that are joined medially by a riveted overlap that is decorated with a file-roped rib. Riveted to each side of the skull is a heavy reinforcing-plate. The right one bears the proof-mark of a musket-ball. A rivet projecting from the side of each reinforce may originally have served to attach a peak. The lower edge of the skull is flanged outwards to form a rounded neck-defence which retains fragments of a linen lining-band. The cheek-pieces are attached to the side of the skull by robust hinges that are riveted to the skull externally and the cheek-pieces internally. The rear and upper edges of the cheek-pieces are cut to produce a face-opening that takes the form of a broad curved chevron at the level of the eyes, that narrows over the nose and widens to a small transverse lozenge at the level of the mouth. The lower edge of each cheek-piece is flanged outwards to form a continuation of the neck-defence of the skull. The cheek-pieces are fastened to one another at the front by a pierced stud and swivel hook riveted to their respective neck-defences. The cheek-pieces retain much of their linen lining-bands. Each is fitted between the level of the eyes and the neck with an applied reinforce secured by rivets. The neck-defences of the skull and the cheek-pieces have file-roped inward turns accompanied by a single incised line. The turns of the neck-defence are damaged at some points. The face-openings of the cheek-pieces have file-roped, bevelled edges accompanied by single incised lines. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | armour Unknown burgonet | Temporal: | name=early 17th Century; start=1620; end=1620 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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