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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1680; Classification(s): armour, cuirass, hammering, the breastplate is made inone piece with an upward-flanged neck-opening and a narrow flange at the waist, the backplate is made in one piece with an upward-flanged neck-opening and a narrow flange at the waist; hammered, shaped, riveted; Acquisition: bequeathed by Henderson, James Stewart, 1933-03-16, J.S. Henderson Bequest [HEN.M.19C-1933]
Description: Cuirass, for use by an harqubusier. Comprising a breastplate and a backplate. The breastplate is made in one piece with an upward-flanged neck-opening and a narrow flange at the waist. Riveted at each arm-opening is a pierced stud and, to the inside of it, a swivel-hook that together serve to engage and secure the shoulder-straps of the backplate. The positions of the studs and the swivel-hooks have been interchanged. Secured at each side of the waist by a pair of rivets is a long hasp pierced with three holes to accommodate the studs riveted at each side of the backplate. Riveted at each side of the waist-flange is a hinged hasp fitted with a bolt and square nut for the attachment of tassets. The hasps are incorrect modern additions.
The backplate is made in one piece with an upward-flanged neck-opening and a narrow flange at the waist. Attached by a pair of round-headed rivets at each shoulder is a scaled shoulder strap, with a long, elaborately-shaped terminal pierced with three oval holes to accommodate the pierced studs riveted at each side of the breastplate. The shoulder- scales were originally continuous, with no gaps between them, producing heart-shaped piercings at their junctions. Riveted at each side of the waist is a modern pierced stud and swivel-hook that together served to engage and secure the hasps riveted at each side of the breastplate. The waist-flange is fitted with a pierced circular stud at its right end, and a turning-pin with a flat semi-circular head at its left end to attach a skirt. The stud and the turning-pin are incorrect modern additions.
The main edges of the cuirass have plain inward turns. Part of the composite three-quarter armour HEN.M.19A-G-1933. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | armour Unknown cuirass | Temporal: | name=late 17th Century; start=1680; end=1680 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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