Buckhurst Armour Breastplate and Tassets
Jacob Halder18th Century
The Wallace Collection
London, United Kingdom
A fine armour for war, made in the Greenwich royal workshop during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, probably for Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst (1536-1608), richly decorated with etched and gilt strapwork and borders. The main decorative theme is a dynamic ‘zigzag and guilloche’ pattern, against a blackened and granulated background.
A fine armour for war, made in the Greenwich royal workshop during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, probably for Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst (1536-1608), richly decorated with etched and gilt strapwork and borders. The main decorative theme is a dynamic ‘zigzag and guilloche’ pattern, against a blackened and granulated background.
- Title: Buckhurst Armour Breastplate and Tassets
- Creator: Jacob Halder, Jacob Halder
- Date Created: 1587/1589, 18th Century
- Location Created: Greenwich, England, Greenwich, England
- Physical Dimensions: 32.03 kg, 32.03 kg
- Type: Armour, Armour
- Medium: Steel, leather, gold and copper alloy, Steel, leather, gold and copper alloy
- Art Form: Armour, Armour
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