An adhesively bonded window and hardware assembly, comprising: a window member presenting a surface; a hardware member comprising a flange and a projecting portion contiguous with the flange, the flange defining opposite first and second surfaces (15, 16) both of which join with a peripheral edge surface of the flange, the projecting portion projecting from the first surface in a direction away from the opposite second surface; and an adhesive member disposed between the second surface of the flange and the surface of the window member and adhesively bonding the hardware member to the window member, the adhesive member having a smaller footprint than that of the flange such that a peripheral edge portion of the second surface of the flange is free of the adhesive member and a space is defined between said peripheral edge portion and said surface of the window member; characterized in further comprising: a sealing member that envelopes part of the flange, fully surrounds the adhesive member, and bonds to and seals against the surface of the window member, the sealing member contacting at least part, with respect to a radial direction of the hardware member, of the first surface of the flange, contacting all of the peripheral edge surface of the flange, and contacting, with respect to said radial direction, all of the peripheral edge portion of the second surface of the flange, the sealing member having a portion intruding between and completely sealingly filling the space between the peripheral edge portion and the surface of the window member, and the sealing member extending continuously and completely about the flange and the adhesive member in a circumferential direction such that the sealing member serves to protect the adhesive member from heat and humidity in the surrounding environment. a window member presenting a surface; a hardware member comprising a flange and a projecting portion contiguous with the flange, the flange defining opposite first and second surfaces (15, 16) both of which join with a peripheral edge surface of the flange, the projecting portion projecting from the first surface in a direction away from the opposite second surface; and an adhesive member disposed between the second surface of the flange and the surface of the window member and adhesively bonding the hardware member to the window member, the adhesive member having a smaller footprint than that of the flange such that a peripheral edge portion of the second surface of the flange is free of the adhesive member and a space is defined between said peripheral edge portion and said surface of the window member; a sealing member that envelopes part of the flange, fully surrounds the adhesive member, and bonds to and seals against the surface of the window member, the sealing member contacting at least part, with respect to a radial direction of the hardware member, of the first surface of the flange, contacting all of the peripheral edge surface of the flange, and contacting, with respect to said radial direction, all of the peripheral edge portion of the second surface of the flange, the sealing member having a portion intruding between and completely sealingly filling the space between the peripheral edge portion and the surface of the window member, and the sealing member extending continuously and completely about the flange and the adhesive member in a circumferential direction such that the sealing member serves to protect the adhesive member from heat and humidity in the surrounding environment.