Tasset terminal plate 1520
For the left leg. Decorated with large, deep flutes. Bottom edge with a simple raised ridge simulating a roll and two parallel raised lines in a recessed border. The bump and raised lines with engraved lines accenting each side. There are three full flutes in the center and two half flutes, one on each side. Flute style is typical of a style of Italian early 16th c. ala tadesca armor that mimiced the German "Maximilian" form. A breastplate in the Royal Armouries (III.1087) is decorated with this style of flute. There is a short edge bump simulating a roll on the inside edge. The outside edge just has an engraved line suggesting where a roll might be. The holes for a leather inside the bottom edge, a strap and buckle at the sides and for the rivets that would have secured the sliding rivet on the outside and leathers at the center and inside. Interior image shows aggressive delamination between an inner and outer layer at the upper edge. Significant losses in the center of the upper edge. It appears that there were originally cusps cut in the upper edge at the point of each flute. Significant scattered rust, more than just surface, on an originally smooth finish. After careful scrape cleaing of much of the rust the surface has an overall black finish. Rusted areas have caused pitting. Overall very interesting shape. Photos pre-scraping showing the rust as purchased.
Thickness mostly .060-.065 but thin spots down to .050 and a thick spot up to .084 (separated areas appear thicker).
Provenance: Joe Kindig Jr. (1891-1971) then by descent.
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