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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1800 - 1900; Classification(s): armour, codpiece, hammered, made from a single piece of metal of sub-cylindrical form that expands slightly to its domed front end and is flanged outwards at its rear; hammered, shaped, riveted, with etched decoration on a blackened ground; Acquisition: bequeathed by Henderson, James Stewart, 1933-03-16, J.S. Henderson Bequest [HEN.M.153-1933]
Description: Codpiece, for infantry use. Made from a single piece of metal of sub-cylindrical form that expands slightly to its domed front end and is flanged outwards at its rear. The upper edge of the flange is pierced with a suspension-hole. The lower edge of the flange curves backwards to a rounded point.
The codpiece is decorated medially with an etched band of arabesques on a blackened ground. | 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 codpiece Unknown | Temporal: | name=19th century; start=1800; end=1900 | 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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