Production: Unknown
Reinforcing breastplate, for use in the tilt in the German fashion (Welschgestech über die Planke nach deutsche Art). Of medially-ridged form, projecting forward over the belly and dipping slightly towards the centre of its lower edge. The neck and arm-openings are shallow. The edges of the latter are flanged inwards very slightly. The right of the breast is pierced a short distance below the armpit with a large vertical slot to fit over a lance-rest. The top of the breast is pierced with three vertically-aligned pairs of threaded holes to bolt on the lower edge of a helmet. Each pair of holes is reinforced at the rear by a vertical strip retained by an externally-flush rivet at its upper and lower end.
History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Depth: 13.7 cm
Height: 30.6 cm
Weight: 1.753 kg
Width: 33.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart
16th Century, Mid#
Circa
1550
CE
-
1560
CE
South German
The lack of holes to receive a grandguard show that this reinforcing breastplate would have been used with a shoulder-shield (Stechtartsche) in the German, rather than the Italian, fashion.
The surface is heavily pitted and patinated overall, with some delamination of the metal at the right shoulder and the centre of the belly.
Main Plate
Parts
Hammered
: Of medially-ridged form, projecting forward over the belly and dipping slightly towards the centre of its lower edge; hammered, shaped, riveted
Patinating
Formed
Inscription present: inverted
Accession number: HEN.M.115-1933
Primary reference Number: 18593
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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