Breastplate 1510-20
Globose form with a shallow central crease. Neck with angular inward turned roll. Arms with simple flared and inward-turned gussets. This style of simplified gusset appears on very late 15th and early 16th c. munition pieces. Waist flared to carry the fauld. Very early transition form between late 15th to early 16th c. forms and the more rounded form typical of the Maximilian style. Upper turn and gussets similar to item number A-216. Earlier form illustrated by item number A-66, item number A-321 and item number A-239. Slightly later forms illustrated by item number A-225 and item number A-216. A likely slightly earlier breastplate that shares the form of the upper roll and gusset flares can be found in the KHM (item number A 2154) attributed to Innsbruck (?) and dated to c. 1500.
Measurements: Thickness: This piece is less intentionally managed than many indicating (along with the simple gussets) that it was likely a munition piece. There is a thick area that is .098 in. thick. Generally the center is .07-.08 in. thick and the edges under the arms thin down to .060 in. or a little less. Gussets .038-.050 in. in the unfolded base.
Weight: 4 pounds 8.2 ounces (2045g).
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