Pair of basagues, for field use. Each formed of a circular plate decorated around its edge with a file-roped, partial inward turn and at its centre with a low boss rising in two stages between three concentric raised ribs enclosed by pairs of incised lines, to a large, conical-headed rivet at its apex. The edge is bordered by five and six slotted, round-headed rivets respectively; clearly formed of later screw-heads. One of these rivets has in each instance been replaced and retains beneath its circular internal washer a long, modern, buff-leather suspension-strap pierced with a hole at its terminal. On one of the basagues the hole for the rivet that attaches the strap has broken out and subsequently been repaired with an internal patch secured by two externally-flush rivets. The same basague shows some deformation and cracking at its centre, and lacks a small section of its edge nearly opposite the suspension-strap. Part of the composite Spanish armour M.13A-K-1941.
History note: From the collection of Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, Long Island, New York. According to a manuscript note by F.H. Cripps-Day, dated December 1926, in his grangerised copy of G.F. Laking, A Record of European Armour and Arms, [section on jacks in volume titled 'mail'], now preserved in the library of the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, 'I exchanged [a jack] with Dean for a Gothic Spanish suit made up. I wanted a Gothic suit but parted with a rare piece'. The jack, from a house in Tonbridge, Kent, is now part of the Bashford Dean Memorial Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Mr Francis Henry Cripps-Day.
Given by Mr F.H. Cripps-Day
Method of acquisition: Given (1941-06) by Cripps-Day, Francis Henry
16th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1520
Both basagues are bright with heavy pitting overall. The incised lines and roping have been lost at many points through corrosion and subsequent cleaning.
Western European
Suspension-strap
composed of
leather
( modern)
Damaged
Depth 2.4 cm
Diameter 10.4 cm
Weight 0.06 kg
Undamaged
Depth 2.8 cm
Diameter 10.3 cm
Weight 0.08 kg
Decoration, Ribs
Decoration
Parts
Hammered
: Each formed of a circular plate decorated around its edge with a file-roped, partial inward turn and at its centre with a low boss rising in two stages between three concentric raised ribs enclosed by pairs of incised lines, to a large, conical-headed rivet at it apex; hammered, shaped, riveted, with file-roped decoration and incised lines
Patinating
Forming
Accession number: M.13E-1941
Primary reference Number: 18201
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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