Backplate of a Siege Cuirass

Cultureperhaps English

Date1600s

Mediumsteel and brass

Dimensions44 × 36 × 16 cm (17 5/16 × 14 3/16 × 6 5/16 in.), 16 lb 12 oz (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

Terms

Object number2014.748.2

DescriptionMate to WAM 2014.748.1. Heavy steel with brass rivets. Has been acid-cleaned. Tall, with shallow neck, deep arms, & extends nearly straight to level, downturned basal flange. Decorated to match breastplate. Pairs of brass rivets at shoulders & sides for lost straps. Internal, working-life patched repairs at shoulders & lower end of right arm; cf. the patches on the breastplate. Probably once blackened.
ProvenancePurchased by Museum from Robert Abels Antiques (NYC) on February 23, 1949. Paid $35 for HAM# 2368.A & B. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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