Breastplate 1550
The breastplate is of heavier construction than the back. It is decorated with incised lines that match the backplate, with the addition of a heart below the upper center. The main plate is 12 1/2" high. The waist lame is 2" above the center line and 1 1/2" below. It is agressively flaired to match the breast and fauld. The fauld is formed of 3 upward lapping lames. Each has a point over the sliding rivets at the side and rises slightly at the center. The bottom plate has a small inward roll on its bottom edge. Close inspection of the lames of the fauld shows signs of cusping at the center of the upper edges of the plates and the remains of a central spray of flutes. The very straight form of the profile of the fauld confirms the assumption that the fauld was originally a late 15th c. German culet. This breastplate illustrates the adaptation of older pieces of armour to bring them up-to-date.
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