. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . lken backs, breasts, and potts was sold that were pre-tended to be pistol proof. There is a complete set of this armour in the Pitt-Rivers Museum,Oxford, which came from the cellars of the old Ashmolean Museum. Grose (Military Anti-quities I, plate 35) gives an illustration of similar defences. 146 THE ARMOURIES OF THE TOWER OF LONDON. 64. Back plate of a Gorget (XVI Ith Century), engraved withbands of trophy work. Brought from Maha in 1826. 65. Gorget of embossed steel (LateXVIIth Century), showing a figure in Romanarmour (Louis
. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . lken backs, breasts, and potts was sold that were pre-tended to be pistol proof. There is a complete set of this armour in the Pitt-Rivers Museum,Oxford, which came from the cellars of the old Ashmolean Museum. Grose (Military Anti-quities I, plate 35) gives an illustration of similar defences. 146 THE ARMOURIES OF THE TOWER OF LONDON. 64. Back plate of a Gorget (XVI Ith Century), engraved withbands of trophy work. Brought from Maha in 1826. 65. Gorget of embossed steel (LateXVIIth Century), showing a figure in Romanarmour (Louis XIV.) surrounded by prisoners,trophies, etc. 66. Gorget of gilt brass, engraved with theRoyal arms; the crown and A. R. over themotto SEMPER EADEM. Worn by officers in thereign of Queen Anne (1702-1714). Dimensions, 6in. broad and yin. deep. 67. Gorget of cast iron, showing a combatof mounted men in the armour of the early OFFICERS GORGET (III, 66). XVIIth Ccutury. 68. Gorget of cast iron, showing a combat of warriors in the costumeof the early XVIth © Breast and Back Plates. 69-70. Cuirass (Late XVth Century). The breast is articu-lated in two parts, with three lames at the waist. There is aheavy hinged lance-rest (No. 448) and plate gussets. The back inthree parts, articulated with three waist lames. All are embossed ^° ^^with radiating flutings, and the margins are escalloped. There is anarmourers mark on the breast, possibly that of Conrad Lochner. 71-72. Cuirass (Early XVIth Century), consisting of breast,back and articulated lames at the waist, three in front and two atthe back. There is a lance-rest bracket of four teeth, and thearm and neck openings are of thickened, not turned over, metal, no. breast and back bear the armourers , i2lb. 73. Breastplate (Early XVIth Century), with plate gussets andfour articulated lames at the waist. Weight, 71b. 140Z. 74. Globose Breastplate (Early XVIth Century), engraved withdecoration, much w^orn, wh
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