IDENTIFIERS
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id:	17949
accession number:	HEN.M.15B-1933

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 8 January 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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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
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type: history note
value: Mr James Stewart Henderson of  'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	J.S. Henderson
creditline: J.S. Henderson Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17949





TECHNIQUES
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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
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forming

CATEGORIES
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category: armour

DATING
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creation date:	1670 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1670
creation date latest:	1700
culture:	17th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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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