mail-armour
- Museum number
- 1881,0802.94
- Description
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Fragment of mail formed of small, iron, riveted links. The wire is of round-section, the rivets wedge-shaped. There are a few repairs using twists of iron wire.
- Production date
- 16thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 5.50 millimetres (link)
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Length: 230 millimetres
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Weight: 152 grammes
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Width: 190 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Possibly the mail part of a duelling gauntlet. Very similar to 1881.0802.104. Comment and object description by T. Richardson, Royal Armouries. November 2008.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1881
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1881,0802.94