Armor for the Upper Chest
Artist
Worcester Pressed Steel
(United States, 1905–1975)
Date1918
Mediumsteel, brass, paint
Dimensions27 × 22 cm (10 5/8 × 8 11/16 in.), 10 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
MarkingsSmall adhesive cloth tag inside 2599.a, reads "#1391". Pencilled numbers inside both: "14 x 15" (?); also "1" inside a circle.
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.733.1
DescriptionExperimental, two-piece product made by Worcester Pressed Steel Company. Very light steel with olive-drab paint. Outturned neck with 3 holes on each side. One hole at each shoulder. Two holes on each side of base of upper plate corresponding to matching holes on lower plate, evidently for lacing. Light medial ridge, suggesting a Bashford Dean design.Brass grommets in shoulder holes and four of the neck holes.
ProvenancePresented to Museum by Worcester Pressed Steel, Co. (Worcester, MA). Entered in catalogue October 1, 1940. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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