A NORTH ITALIAN BREASTPLATE, CIRCA 1560, LATER CUT DOWN TO FORM A REINFORCE; THE PEAK OF AN ENGLISH HARQUEBUSIER'S POT, MID-17TH CENTURY; AND TWENTY-NINE FURTHER PIECES OF ARMOUR, MID-16TH TO EARLY 17TH CENTURY the first of one piece protecting the left of the chest only, its right side pierced with two rectangular holes to fit over staples, its upper edge formed with a file-roped inward turn bordered by a pair of divergent roped ribs, and its arm-opening and lower edge bordered by a pair of incised lines (heavily pitted and pierced with two small rust perforations); the second struck at the centre of its obtusely-pointed front edge with an indistinct mark probably representing the crowned IR government-ownership mark of the time of King James II, and pierced just in front of the brow with three holes for the attachment of a missing triple-barred face-guard, its surface blackened; and the third, including four gussets, three turners and parts of two collars (some pitted or patinated) (31) Provenance JWHA Inv. Nos. 928.3, 3037, 927.67, 1256.1, 929.60, 828.81, 1256.2, 1256.3, 1256.4, 1256.5,929.57, 928.55,928.46, 928.48, 927.63, 927.54, 927.70, 929.36, 3084.30, 928.53.a-c, 927.27, 927.45, 929.40, 929.41, 929.38, 828.122, 929.54, 929.76 & 928.50.a-c
A NORTH ITALIAN BREASTPLATE, CIRCA 1560, LATER CUT DOWN TO FORM A REINFORCE; THE PEAK OF AN ENGLISH HARQUEBUSIER'S POT, MID-17TH CENTURY; AND TWENTY-NINE FURTHER PIECES OF ARMOUR, MID-16TH TO EARLY 17TH CENTURY the first of one piece protecting the left of the chest only, its right side pierced with two rectangular holes to fit over staples, its upper edge formed with a file-roped inward turn bordered by a pair of divergent roped ribs, and its arm-opening and lower edge bordered by a pair of incised lines (heavily pitted and pierced with two small rust perforations); the second struck at the centre of its obtusely-pointed front edge with an indistinct mark probably representing the crowned IR government-ownership mark of the time of King James II, and pierced just in front of the brow with three holes for the attachment of a missing triple-barred face-guard, its surface blackened; and the third, including four gussets, three turners and parts of two collars (some pitted or patinated) (31) Provenance JWHA Inv. Nos. 928.3, 3037, 927.67, 1256.1, 929.60, 828.81, 1256.2, 1256.3, 1256.4, 1256.5,929.57, 928.55,928.46, 928.48, 927.63, 927.54, 927.70, 929.36, 3084.30, 928.53.a-c, 927.27, 927.45, 929.40, 929.41, 929.38, 828.122, 929.54, 929.76 & 928.50.a-c
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