IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 17949 accession number: HEN.M.15B-1933 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 8 January 2016 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Breastplate, for use by a cuirassier. The medially-ridged breastplate is formed in one piece with a narrow flange at the waist. The arm-openings, the deep narrow neck-opening and the waist-flange are bordered by lining-rivets. Each side of the chest is pierced with a hole for the attachment of a missing stud to engage the shoulder-straps of the backplate. These are now engaged by modern double-ended, tongued iron buckles riveted at each shoulder. The waist-flange is pierced midway along each side with a later hole for the attachment of tassets. The breastplate has plain inward turns at its main edges and is decorated with five vertical, slightly diverging bands formed of pairs of incised lines. It is of late 17th century date and was originally intended for use by the harquebusier. Part of the composite three-quarter armour HEN.M.15A-F-1933. title: breastplate (body armour) NOTES ----- type: history note value: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J.S. Henderson creditline: J.S. Henderson Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17949 TECHNIQUES ---------- the medially-ridged breastplate is formed in one piece with a narrow flange at the waist; hammered, shaped, riveted, with decorative incised lines hammering TECHNIQUES ---------- forming CATEGORIES ------ category: armour DATING ------ creation date: 1670 - 1700 creation date earliest: 1670 creation date latest: 1700 culture: 17th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 15.6 dimension: Height units: cm value: 39.3 dimension: Weight units: kg value: 1.34 dimension: Width units: cm value: 36.0