Miniature Breastplate

Culture Italian

Date1907

Mediumsteel

Dimensions22 × 18.5 × 10 cm (8 11/16 × 7 5/16 × 3 15/16 in.), 1 lb (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

MarkingsEngraved inscription: "WORCESTER/PRESSEDSTEEL/COMPANY"

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

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Object number2014.558

DescriptionOutwardly curving, rounded breastplate with full-length medial ridge to the waist. Curved, inwardly turned, roped edges at the neck and arms. These are followed by engraved bands filled with scrolling foliate vines on a hatched, blackened ground. The band at the neck is ogival along the medial line. The waistline is followed by an embossed roped rib, above which is engraved a scalloped line with fluted rivets at the side edges and the medial line. There is a two-lame riveted, rounded fauld, the terminal lame of which has an inward, roped turn. Across the breast at mid-height is the engraved inscription "WORCESTER/PRESSEDSTEEL/COMPANY."ProvenanceAccording to record files, part of the group HAM#s 246.1-10 obtained from "Armorer Norsa" in Venice, made 4 November 1907. Invoiced to WPS 14 July 1909.
Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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