IDENTIFIERS
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id:	18593
accession number:	HEN.M.115-1933

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 11 January 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
title:	reinforcing breastplate

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/18593





TECHNIQUES
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of medially-ridged form, projecting forward over the belly and dipping slightly towards the centre of its lower edge; hammered, shaped, riveted
hammered
TECHNIQUES
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patinating
TECHNIQUES
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formed

CATEGORIES
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category: armour

DATING
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creation date:	1550 - 1560
creation date earliest:	1550
creation date latest:	1560
culture:	16th Century, Mid#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 13.7

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 30.6

dimension: Weight
units: kg
value: 1.753

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 33.6