IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 17976 accession number: HEN.M.16C-1933 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Cuirass, of large size, possibly for siege use. Comprising a breastplate and a backplate. The breastplate is formed in one piece, in the late 'peascod' fashion, with a flange at the waist. A modern mushroom-shaped stud riveted at each side of its chest receives the shoulder-straps of the backplate. A pierced stud, possibly for the attachment of a reinforce, is riveted at the centre of the neck-opening. Three modern straps for the attachment of tassets are incorrectly riveted at each side of the waist-flange. The backplate is formed in one piece with a flange at the waist. A later scaled shoulder-strap is riveted at each shoulder. Its long terminal scale is pierced with two keyhole slots. The inner of the pair of rivets that attaches each shoulder strap also secures a modern single-ended, tongueless buckle, probably intended for the attachment of pauldrons. Pierced studs, possibly for the attachment of a reinforce, are riveted at the centre of the neck-opening and the centre of the waist, respectively. Attached by a single rivet at each side of the waist is a modern strap forming a waist-belt. The right strap terminates in a modern double-ended, tongued iron buckle. The main edges of both the breastplate and backplate have file-roped inward turns. The breastplate shows traces of a medial band of pointillé decoration. Part of the composite half armour HEN.M.16A-F-1933. title: cuirass 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/17976 TECHNIQUES ---------- comprising a breastplate formed in one-piece, in the late 'peascod' fashion, with a flange at the waist and a backplate formed in one-piece with a flange at the waist; hammered, shaped, riveted, with file-roped and pointillé decoration hammering TECHNIQUES ---------- patinating TECHNIQUES ---------- forming CATEGORIES ------ category: armour DATING ------ creation date: 1600 - 1600 creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1600 culture: 17th Century, Early CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown