Suit of armour
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1500 - 2000
Materials
Steel
Measurements
1700 mm (Height)
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Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509799
Summary
Composite suit of plate armour of Maximilian style, with some modern replacements (sabotons, left cuisse, elbows, besagues). Nuremburg helmet (1530); breast-plate Dusseldorf, rest partly made 19th century; feet modern copies; with halberd from 1700. Stamp impressed on right shoulder. 1500 - 2000.
Provenance
Made circa 1500 - 2000. Included on page 2 of the Inventory of Items On Loan To The National Trust For Benthall Hall dated 1st October 1963. Owned by Sir Arthur Paul Benthall (1902 – 1992). Bequeathed to The National Trust in the will of Sir Arthur Paul Benthall dated 28th July 1983. Accepted for ownership by The National Trust in 1993 following the death of Sir Arthur Paul Benthall in 1992.