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Besagews: M.13E-1941

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Description

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.

Notes

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.

Legal notes

Given by Mr F.H. Cripps-Day

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1941-06) by Cripps-Day, Francis Henry

Dating

16th Century, Early#
Production date: circa AD 1520

Note

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

Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

Steel

Techniques used in production

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

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.13E-1941
Primary reference Number: 18201
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 11 August 2016 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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